Niagara Numeracy Project
The Early Childhood Community Development Centre in partnership with the Kiwanis Clubs of Niagara recieved a Trillium Foundation grant to provide all licensed child care centres in Niagara with a numeracy resource kit containing over $1,000 of educational resource materials purchased primarily through educational resource supplier Louise Kool and Galt.
The numeracy resource kits foster children's learning of early math concepts such as:
- number sense and numeration;
- measurement and measurement sense;
- geometry and spatial sense;
- patterning and data management and probability.
For further information contact eccdc@eccdc.org.
Please click on dates below to access pictures and evaluation comments received back from the Niagara Child Care Centre Numeracy Project Training Initiative.
March Training 2010
April Training 2010
May Training 2010
June Training 2010
September Training 2010
October Training 2010
November Training 2010
Mentoring Pairs for Child Care
Mentoring Pairs for Child Care was a province-wide project that matched more experienced child care supervisors with less experienced ones in their own communities. These groups completed a year-long post-diploma credit course developed by the ECCDC in 2008 and administered over two phases (2009 and 2010). Partnering with 24 post-secondary institutions allowed 39 courses to be offered around Ontario including urban, rural, Francophone and First Nations specific groups. In total, there were 542 graduates. Using a proven process of group learning, guided communication, site visits and one-on-one coaching and interaction, Mentoring Pairs for Child Care offered participants:
- a deeper understanding of the Occupational Standards for their profession,
- the opportunity to develop their personal capacity for excellence in child care administration, and
- increased networking, professional development and recognition opportunities.
All groups are now "Continuing the Momentum" and have sustainability plans in place that engage graduates and their local community partners in continuing to build the skills, knowledge and local leadership required for meeting local needs and priorities and successfully navigating change in the sector.
MPCC was intended to enhance the quality Ontario's licensed child care centres by expanding supervisors' knowledge of and application of the CCHRSC's Occupational Standards for Child Care Administrators. The project was very well received by participants and partners alike and evaluation results demonstrate statistically significant positive impacts. To learn more, read the Final Outcome Report.
Interest in MPCC and its products has subsequently been expressed by other Canadian provinces and beyond. The ECCDC is excited to be able to offer resources such as Mentoring Toolkits, t-shirts, Occupational Standards Self-assessment Checklists, and a video. You can view the DVD, Nurturing Growth for Both....and Beyond: Developing & Sustaining a Mentoring Learning Culture in Early Learning and Care by clicking on the arrow in the picture below. For more information on how you can purchase a copy of the video and other resources, click here.