​​​​​Early Learning and Extended Day​

​Early Learning Program:

​​The Early Learning Team consists of a Certified Teacher and an Early Childhood Educator (ECE).  Both work collaboratively as a team in order to provide the best start for our earliest learners by:

• planning for and providing education to students in the full-day early learning program;
  

• observing, monitoring and assessing the development of the students;
  

• communicating with families;
  

• maintaining a healthy physical, emotional and social learning environment; and
  

• performing all duties assigned to them by the principal with respect to the full-day early learning program.
  

Both ECEs and Teachers bring individual strengths and perspectives to the classroom, as well as a set of professional competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities. The Teacher-ECE team will work together to:

• jointly develop and deliver the daily activities in the classroom, including an emphasis on spontaneity to respond to the children’s needs and interests;
  

• organize indoor and outdoor learning environments;
  

• use a range of pedagogical strategies to challenge and extend children’s learning; and
  

• conduct monitoring and formative assessment of children’s learning.
  

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Extended Day Program:

• Early Childhood Educators will also use their knowledge base and abilities as they implement the integrated extended day.
  

• Because Early Childhood Educators will be present during extended day timeframes, they will also have a significant role in liaising with families and other community partners.
  

Early Years Accommodation in Schools
​In March 2017, the Ministry of Education established a Working Group on Accommodation Costs in Schools, comprised of membership from school boards, Consolidated Municipal Service Managers/District Social Services Administration Boards (CMSMs/DSSABs), and early years service providers. The Working Group on Early Years Accommodations Costs in Schools was tasked with providing advice and recommendations to the Ministry on school-based child care and EarlyON centre accommodation cost transparency and methodology as well as best practices related to sustainability for early years providers in schools.