BRIEFing Note
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2008
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This BRIEFing NOTE presents a vision for what a universal early childhood education and care system in Canada might look like from the program to the policy level. It explores the potential for Canada to move from a patchwork of disjointed programs &em; many of them of mediocre quality &em;to a comprehensive high quality system and suggests changes that would put such a system in place.
This BRIEFing NOTE is adapted from the final chapter of a book by Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice, forthcoming from Fernwood Press.
An ECEC centre in 2020: Regina's Elsie Stapleford Children's Centre
It's 7:30 AM in 2020 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Elsie Stapleford Children's Centre is just opening its doors when Martina arrives with four-year-old Sophie. After Sophie happily joins Nellie, her main teacher, and the few other children who have arrived, Martina goes to the resource room to borrow a book about nutrition before she leaves for her training program at 8:30. The resource room staff person isn't in yet but Martina will be able to talk with her by phone or in person later on. Before she leaves, she has a chance to seek Nellie's advice about Sophie's new habit of waking up several times a night. This has been a real problem for Martina, as she is a single mom who needs to be well-rested to do well in her college program in forestry management. Martina and Nellie discuss solutions as well as putting sleep issues on the next parent meeting agenda.
This BRIEFing NOTE presents a vision for what a universal early childhood education and care system in Canada might look like from the program to the policy level. It explores the potential for Canada to move from a patchwork of disjointed programs &em; many of them of mediocre quality &em;to a comprehensive high quality system and suggests changes that would put such a system in place.
This BRIEFing NOTE is adapted from the final chapter of a book by Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice, forthcoming from Fernwood Press.
An ECEC centre in 2020: Regina's Elsie Stapleford Children's Centre
It's 7:30 AM in 2020 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Elsie Stapleford Children's Centre is just opening its doors when Martina arrives with four-year-old Sophie. After Sophie happily joins Nellie, her main teacher, and the few other children who have arrived, Martina goes to the resource room to borrow a book about nutrition before she leaves for her training program at 8:30. The resource room staff person isn't in yet but Martina will be able to talk with her by phone or in person later on. Before she leaves, she has a chance to seek Nellie's advice about Sophie's new habit of waking up several times a night. This has been a real problem for Martina, as she is a single mom who needs to be well-rested to do well in her college program in forestry management. Martina and Nellie discuss solutions as well as putting sleep issues on the next parent meeting agenda.
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