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Ontario
Announces Plan for Full-day Early Learning for 4 and 5 year-olds
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On
Tuesday of this week, the Ontario government announced details around
their plan for phasing in full-day learning for four- and
five-year-olds next fall. The
Government of Ontario press release states:
"Up
to 35,000 kindergarten students across Ontario will be enrolled in
full-day learning
in September, 2010. The goal is to have the program for four- and
five-year-olds fully implemented in all schools by 2015-16."
"Four-
and five-year-olds will learn under the guidance of a teacher and an
early childhood educator. Parents may also enrol their child for
extended hours for a reasonable fee, before and after regular school
hours."
Find out what the advocates are saying about the plan. See the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and partners' response below.
Early learning investment key to recovery (Canada News-wire - Tue Oct 27
2009)
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Cross-Canada tour for public child care
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CUPE
is organizing a cross-Canada speaking tour on a 21st-century vision
for early childhood education. The tour will feature Martha Friendly
(Childcare Resource and Research Unit in Toronto) and Susan Prentice
(University of Manitoba sociology professor), co-authors of the
just-published About Canada: Childcare.
The tour begins on October 27 and are planned
for planned for:
Fredericton,
Halifax,
Regina,
Winnipeg,
St.
John's,
Vancouver,
Edmonton.
Watch
for Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Qu�bec tour dates in 2010.
For
more information, click here.
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Last
chance to sign our open letter
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Thanks to all of you who
responsed to last-week's Action Alert calling for signatures to our
open letter. In only two weeks, we have reached 600 signatures from
coast to coast to coast! If you didn't see last week's Action Alert and haven't already signed this
important letter there are still a couple
more days left to do so. Simply send us an email at [email protected] stating that you or your organization endorses the letter.
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Across the Country and Abroad
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Province announces millions in childcare funding (Metro, NS) Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse announced more than
$6 million in funding for 12 childcare centres in Nova Scotia yesterday.
Funding For Childcare (CJOB, MB)
The Manitoba government is spending 2.35 million dollars on expanding, renovating and creating new child care spaces.
Access makes the difference (24 Hours, BC)
Universal access to day cares and
community centres are a few of the essentials for children to be
ready for kindergarten, says a UBC professor.
New early learning guide published (Irish Times, Ireland)
A new framework for early learning
was published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment today.
For the online Early Childhood Curriculum Framework, click here.
Childcare centres fail basic standards (The Australian, Australia)
CHILDCARE centres are routinely breaching health and safety
rules, with one in 20 caught failing to protect and properly supervise
young children.
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L'Ontario a
publi� son plan d'apprentissage pr�scolaire
� temps plein pour les enfants �g�s de quatre et cinq ans
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Jeudi, le gouvernement ontarien annon�ait
les d�tails de son plan pour l'implantation graduelle de l'apprentissage
� temps plein pour les enfants �g�s de quatre et cinq ans. Dans son
communiqu� de presse,
le gouvernement a d�clar� :
� Jusqu'� trente-cinq mille �l�ves
de la maternelle de l'ensemble de l'Ontario b�n�ficieront de l'apprentissage � temps plein � compter de septembre 2010. L'objectif
est que le programme � l'intention de quatre et cinq ans soit enti�rement
en place dans toutes les �coles d'ici 2015-2016 �.
� Les enfants de quatre et cinq ans apprendront
sous la surveillance d'un enseignant et d'un �ducateur de la petite
enfance. Moyennant des frais raisonnables, les parents pourront �galement
inscrire leurs enfants � des programmes qui auront lieu avant et apr�s
les heures normales de classe. Ceci facilitera la t�che aux parents
qui doivent se rendre au travail et en revenir. Cela fera aussi en sorte
que leurs enfants auront un programme d'apprentissage int�gr� pour
l'ensemble de la journ�e �.
R�ponse de l'Ontario Coalition
for Better Child Care et de ses partenaires
� l'annonce du gouvernement:
Les investissements dans l'apprentissage pr�scolaire sont d�terminants pour la relance de l'�conomie. (CNW, 27 octobre 2009)
QUEENS'S PARK, 27 octobre 2009
- L'annonce aujourd'hui de l'engagement du gouvernement
provincial � transformer les programmes d'�ducation pr�scolaire
est une premi�re �tape cruciale de la relance �conomique en Ontario
et de sa prosp�rit� future, d�clare le mouvement pour des services
�ducatifs et de garde � l'enfance.
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Derni�re occasion de signer notre
lettre
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Merci � tous ceux et celles qui
ont r�pondu � notre Avis d'action lanc� la semaine derni�re
demandant de signer notre lettre ouverte! Apr�s seulement deux semaines,
nous avons obtenu 600 signatures provenant de toutes les r�gions du
pays. Si vous ne l'avez pas encore fait, il vous reste quelques
jours pour signer la lettre.
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Une
tourn�e pancanadienne pour promouvoir les garderies publiques
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Le SCFP organise une tourn�e de conf�rences
dans tout le Canada autour d'une vision de l'�ducation pr�scolaire
pour le 21e si�cle. La tourn�e mettra en vedette Martha
Friendly, du Childcare Resource and Research Unit de Toronto, et Susan
Prentice, professeure de sociologie � l'Universit� du Manitoba,
les auteures d'un ouvrage r�cemment publi� sur les services de garde
au Canada, About Canada : Childcare. La tourn�e commence le 27
octobre 2009 et s'arr�tera � : Fredericton, Halifax, Regina, Winnipeg, St. John's, Vancouver, Edmonton
Les dates des arr�ts en 2010 � l'�le-du-Prince-�douard,
en Ontario et au Qu�bec seront annonc�es sous peu. Surveillez-les!
Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquez ici.
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Dans les manchettes
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Province announces millions in childcare funding (Metro, NE) Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse announced more than
$6 million in funding for 12 childcare centres in Nova Scotia yesterday.
Funding For Childcare (CJOB, MB)
The Manitoba government is spending 2.35 million dollars on expanding, renovating and creating new child care spaces.
Access makes the difference (24 Hours, CB)
Universal access to day cares and
community centres are a few of the essentials for children to be
ready for kindergarten, says a UBC professor.
New early learning guide published (Irish Times, Irlande)
A new framework for early learning
was published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment today.
Childcare centres fail basic standards (The Australian, Australie)
CHILDCARE centres are routinely breaching health and safety
rules, with one in 20 caught failing to protect and properly supervise
young children.
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Jody Dallaire Chairperson, Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada Pr�sidente, Association canadienne pour la promotion des services de garde � l'enfance |
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