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Looking for in-depth information on early learning and care in Edmonton? Download and read the published reports, papers and briefs produced by, or on behalf of, the Council for Early Learning and Care (formerly Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care.)
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Regulations Can Support Quality Early Learning and Child Care
In Regulations Can Support Quality Early Learning and Child Care, Marie Lesoway highlights some of the critical elements from the Beach report, including issues in defining and implementing measures to support quality. Lesoway also summarizes specific recommendations regarding staff qualifications, child-to-staff ratios and group sizes, physical environments, and curriculum frameworks.
An Examination of Regulatory and Other Measures to Support Quality Early Learning and Care in Alberta
The Child Care Act and Regulation provides the legislative basis for early learning and care in Alberta. The Act has undergone review by the Ministry of Children’s Services, and a new Act was tabled in the Legislature in November 2020. This report is a comprehensive review of how jurisdictions can, and do, support quality in early learning and care through a combination of regulation and other policy vehicles and mechanisms.
SUMMARY of More Work to Be Done: An Analysis of Child Care Subsidies in Alberta
Provides an introduction to child care subsidies in Alberta, outlines and analyzes some of the recent changes to subsidies, provides suggestions for improving the subsidy system and the general affordability of early learning and care in Alberta, and concludes by providing some perspective on the role of affordability within a high-quality early learning and care system.
More Work to Be Done: An Analysis of Child Care Subsidies in Alberta
Provides an introduction to child care subsidies in Alberta, outlines and analyzes some of the recent changes to subsidies, provides suggestions for improving the subsidy system and the general affordability of early learning and care in Alberta, and concludes by providing some perspective on the role of affordability within a high-quality early learning and care system.
Early Learning and Care Must be a Cornerstone of Edmonton’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan
This brief describes three reasons that early learning and care should be a core part of any Edmonton-specific COVID-19 recovery plan.
Affordability in Approved Family Day Homes: Questions and Options
This brief highlights particular questions surrounding the affordability of early learning and care in day homes during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
Approved Day Home Monitoring and Ratios: Questions and Options
This brief is about particular concerns with temporary changes to the rules and regulations for family day homes and agencies.
Edmonton Council on Early Learning and Care: Position Paper for the Review of Alberta’s Licensing Act and Regulation
The position paper makes suggestions for the review of the Child Care Licensing Act and Regulation.
Family Day Home and Agency Funding and Support: Questions and Options
This brief highlight particular concerns with the financial sustainability of family day homes during and after the COVID crisis.
Reopening Early Learning and Care in Alberta: Key Questions and Options
This brief is about the financial sustainability of early learning and care centres during and after the COVID crisis.
Indigenous Early Learning & Care in the city of Edmonton
The purpose of Indigenous Early Learning and Care in the city of Edmonton: Articulating the experiences, perspectives and needs of Indigenous parents/caregivers (2019) is to inform and guide future advances in the design of a system of early learning and care that is responsive to the needs of Indigenous children and their families in Edmonton.
A Profile of Edmonton Child Care in 2019
A Profile of Child Care in Edmonton (2019) was developed for the ECELC to provide a shared foundation of knowledge about the current state of licensed, full-day, unparented child care programs for children who have not yet entered kindergarten in the city of Edmonton.
Newcomer Consultations on the Context of Early Learning and Care in Edmonton
Newcomer Consultations on the Context of Early Learning and Care in Edmonton (2019) was compiled for the ECELC by the Multicultural Family Resource Society