The Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC) is proud to offer a range of professional consulting services to community groups, government, and early learning and child care organizations. Let us help you achieve your maximum potential through our in‐depth knowledge and understanding of organization development and the early learning and child care industry.

ECCDC senior staff bring forty plus years of experience to this work and our comprehensive list of consulting and facilitation services provide creative, proven‐effective solutions. Take a look at some of what we can offer:

Professionalism and Relationships

• Developing and Implementing Networks; Personalized support in establishing, developing, and/or facilitating Networks
• Developing and Implementing Mentoring Programs; Consultation and/or facilitation on the development and implementation of mentoring programs
• Professional Development Planning; Community wide and specialized training for owners, administrators, supervisors, frontline early learning and child care staff and the development of long term training plans for individuals and/or staff
• Conflict Resolution Services; Confidential consultation on identifying and resolving source of professional conflict

Organizational and Group Performance

• Program Administration Scale; Consultation & training to administrators & supervisors on the use of the Program Administration Scale (Teri N. Talan & Paula Jorde Bloom) as a self assessment tool
• Strategic planning, policy development and process improvement; Consultation on policy development and process improvements, and/or facilitation of strategic planning activities
• Organizational Review; Provide in‐depth review of organization including on‐site observation and assessment, document review, and group and individual consultations to determine the strengths and needs of the organization and ways to strengthen into the future
• Team Dynamics; Consult and coach on challenges with group dynamics and strategies to strengthen relationships and organizational culture, and improve individual and group performance
• Staff Meetings; Consultation on design and facilitation of effective staff meetings
• Board Development; Consultation, training and facilitation designed to clarify roles & responsibilities of the board of directors and enhance board member engagement and effectiveness
• Policy Governance; Introduction to policy governance, facilitation of policies and coaching to support its implementation into the organization

Connections with the Community

• Conference Planning, Registration and Marketing Services; Planning and execution of events and conferences of all sizes for organizations operating in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors; including facility, speaker, tradeshow, media and financial management
• Community Surveying & Consultation; Consultation and/or facilitation on community surveying and information gathering (i.e. Forums, Focus Groups, meetings, etc.)
• Capacity Building and Developing Partnerships; Consultation on current status and needs of organization and identification of ways to partner, collaborate and share resources/costs in order to improve agency and community capacity

Optimizing Child Development

• Environmental design and learning environment enhancements; consultation and assessment of room arrangement, classroom scheduling, and educational materials for creating rich learning environments for children, families and staff
• Curriculum and Program Planning; support for staff in developing developmentally appropriate, engaging, play based learning experiences for children