Quality Child Care in the centres
Quality Care in the child care centres Professor Maria Roberts
Course: ECEP- 236
Presented
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SultanaDipti RoyRehana BegumDilara BegumShabnom MustariFatema
ShamsDate: 15/04/2014
AgendaLow child-adult ratioQualified and well trained ECESmall
group sizes Appropriate curriculum Inclusive environmentParental
involvementSufficient funds Health and safety procedures
StakeholdersToronto Early Learning and Child Care Services
(TELCCS)(formerly known as municipal childcare services)
YMCA Greater Toronto
Ideal Child Services Group
Charity Village
Barnardos National childrens Resource Center
Low child-adult ratioAccording to Day Nursery Act (DNA) of
Ontario the staffchild ratio must be maintained in all child-care
settings. The ratio is shown in the next slide.
Low child-adult ratio Number of Staff Required for a Day
Nursery
Source: Child Development Resource Connection Peel
Qualified and well trained ECE Every Day Nursery must have a
supervisor who Holds a diploma in Early childhood education from an
Ontario College of Applied Arts and TechnologyHas equivalent
academic qualification; andAt least two years of experience working
in a day nursery with children who are at the same ages and
developmental levels as the children in the day nursery where the
supervisor is to be employed; and is approved by a Ministry
Director. Every Day Nursery must employ a trained staff who Must
have a diploma in Early Childhood Education from an Ontario College
of Applied Arts and Technology (community college); orAn equivalent
academic qualification; or Must be otherwise approved a
Director.
Source: Child Development Resource Connection Peel
Small Group Sizes
Quality child care always provides small group sizes because it
allows the following opportunities:
Allow active participationDevelop social, emotional, and
language skillsBuild positive relationship between educators and
children
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Appropriate Curriculum
Quality child care ensures an appropriate curriculum
Based on childrens interestsAge appropriatenessPlan for
childrens developmental needs
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Inclusive Environments
Welcome all children with & without disabilities Provides a
variety of child friendly healthy foodsThe quality space for all
childrenDemonstration of respect for diversity, equality and
inclusion
www.inclusive-solutions.com
Parental Involvement If a parent is communicating with their
childs Early Childhood Educator and receiving feedbacks about the
child on a regular basis, the child would most likely be on track
and do well in the center.
http://www.daycaretrust.org.uk/pages/parents-as-partners-in-childcare.html
Visiting your child at day care is one way to stay involved.
Sufficient funds In the CenterFinancial support is important for
constructing the basic and professional infrastructure of the
centre.Finances are required for buying toys, books and other stuff
for children. A lot of arrangements are required to be done for
health and safety of children in a quality child care center. A
quality child care center has quality facilities of food and these
food facilities can be made available only if good money is put
into it. Different equipment are required to run a child care
center including washrooms equipped with dealing with non-toilet
trained children and other children stuff. Therefore, financial
support is required for building a quality child care center.
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Health and SafetyHealth:Provide nutritional food to
children.Post healthy eating policies and menu plan.Concern about
food allergies.Careful preparation of food & correct food
handling techniques to prevent contamination.Baseline health
observation to prevent illness.Ensure physical
activity.Source:Pimento, Barbara , and Deborah Kernested. Healthy
Foundations in Early Childhood Settings. Toronto: Nelson Education,
2010.
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and Safety
Safety:Environment needs to be safe and hazard free.Cleaning and
disinfecting should be an integrated part of ongoing operating
practices.Provide adequate supervision to ensure safety.Different
age groups require different type of safety rules.Source:Pimento,
Barbara , and Deborah Kernested. Healthy Foundations in Early
Childhood Settings. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010.
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Plan Social Media - Face Book
Target audience Municipal Govt. parents, caregiver, and
guardiansGoal Raise awareness about quality care in the centres
What we did for our advocacy:
Opened face book
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Advocacy-for-Quality-Care-in-Childcare-Centre/1395377144072011?ref=hlCampaigned
in a child care centre Distributed brochure
Future Action Plan Make a Video for You tube Blog Follow up face
book Page
Q. Do you think all childcare centres are providing quality
care?
Q. Do you have any suggestions for our advocacy plan?
Bibliographychildhttp://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=5e3ad25ed83ae310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=805e8ed34ce9e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRDhttp://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=576Citing
Websites. Child Development Resource Connection Peel. Retrieved
from
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website. Images of staff-child ratio in child care. Retrieved from
www.google.caCiting website. Images of trained staff. Retrieved
from www.google.caPimento, Barbara , and Deborah Kernested. Healthy
Foundations in Early Childhood Settings. Toronto: Nelson Education,
2010.
Thank You