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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998

Early childhood care and education in Prince Edward Island
Planning and development Provincial context Legislation History Related services Planning and development Standards and regulation Space statistics Provincial context Child care services Provincial official responsible for child care Legislation Recent developments History Standards and regulation Children with special needs Child care services Key provincial organization Recent developments Municipal role Administration Funding Standards and regulation Aboriginal child care Children with special needs
Space statistics PE 


 
NUMBER OF REGULATED CHILD CARE SPACES (1998)

Centre-based
  Full-time Part-time
Infants 50 -
Preschool 1,451 -
School-age - 482
Special needs 125 -
Kindergarten/nursery - 1,544
Nursery - 26
Total full-time spaces 1,626  
Total part-time spaces   2,052

Family day care
Family day care spaces

39

Total regulated spaces

 3,717

CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (1998)

Children with special needs in regulated child care 125
Children receiving subsidies 738

SUBSIDIES

Percentage of children in regulated child care receiving subsidies

 20%

SPONSORSHIP OF REGULATED SPACES (1998)

Non-profit 2,153
For-profit 1,564

 
Standards and regulations PE

 
REGULATED CENTRES

Maximum centre size 50 spaces

Maximum staff/child ratios and group sizes
Age Staff/child ratios Max. group sizes
0-2yrs 1:3 6
2-3 yrs 1:5 not specified
3-5 yrs 1:10 not specified
5-6 yrs 1:12 not specified
7+ years 1:15 not specified

Staff qualification requirements Centre supervisors and one full-time staff member in each program must have at least a 1 or 2 year early childhood development diploma or university child study degree.

Thirty hours of in-service training every 3 years is required for all staff.

Parent involvement Not specified

Licensing, monitoring and enforcement Each year, every centre is visited for licensing purposes by Early Childhood Services, which observes programming, and by the Child Care Facilities Board, which concentrates primarily on administration. Annual inspections are required by the Fire Marshall's office and the Environmental Health Division of the Department of Health and Social Services.

If a centre is in non-compliance with the legislation, it may operate under a regular license but is given a specific time-frame in which to comply. A centre may be permitted to have a provisional license for a period of 6 months, or it may have its license revoked or not renewed. A centre receiving a provisional license, or having its license revoked or not renewed may appeal directly to the Minister who then must establish an Appeal Board. This Board must conduct an inquiry and render a decision within 30 days.

REGULATED FAMILY DAY CARE

Regulation Providers are individually licensed.

Maximum capacity Up to seven children including the provider’s own children under 12 years, with a maximum of three children under 2 years.

Provider qualification requirements A 30 hour training program, two letters of reference and current first-aid certificate.

Licensing, monitoring and enforcement Early Childhood Services conducts a program review using The Family Day Care Rating Scale. Annual inspections are made by a Child Care Facilities Board inspector, an inspector for the Fire Marshall’s office and an Environmental Health officer.

 
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