Quality Care in the child care centres
PROFESSOR MARIA ROBERTS COURSE: ECEP- 236
PRESENTED BY
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Nafisa SultanaDipti Roy
Rehana BegumDilara Begum
Shabnom MustariFatema ShamsDate: 15/04/2014
Agenda
Low child-adult ratio Qualified and well trained ECE Small group sizes Appropriate curriculum Inclusive environment Parental involvement Sufficient funds Health and safety procedures
Stakeholders Toronto Early Learning and Child Care
Services (TELCCS)(formerly known as municipal childcare services)
YMCA Greater Toronto Ideal Child Services Group Charity Village Barnardos’ National children’s Resource
Center
Low child-adult ratio
According to Day Nursery Act (DNA) of Ontario the staff–child 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
Age of children in Group Ratio of Employees to Children
Maximum number of Children
1. under 18 months of age 3to 10 10 2. 18 months of age and over
up to and including 30 months of age
1 to 5 15
3. more than 30 months of age up to and including 5 years of age
1 to 8 16
4. over 5 years of age and less than 6 years of age
1 to 12 24
5. 6 years of age up to and including 9 years of age
1 to 15 30
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 Technology Has equivalent academic qualification; and At 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); or
An 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 participation Develop social, emotional, and language skills Build positive relationship between educators and children
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Appropriate Curriculum
Quality child care ensures an appropriate curriculum
Based on children’s interests Age appropriateness Plan for children’s developmental needs
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Inclusive Environments
Welcome all children with & without disabilities
Provides a variety of child friendly healthy foods
The quality space for all children Demonstration of respect for diversity, equality and
inclusion
www.inclusive-solutions.com
Parental Involvement
If a parent is communicating with their child’s 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 Center
Financial 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. http
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Health 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. http
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Action Plan
Social Media - Face Book
Target audience – Municipal Govt. parents, caregiver, and guardians Goal - Making 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=hl
Campaign 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 suggestion for our advocacy plan?
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Settings. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010.
Thank You