Starting in early January 2024, child care providers can apply to renew their Child Care Operating Funding Agreements and opt-in to the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement. For 2024-25, the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative Funding Guidelines and ECE-WE Funding Guidelines are provided in advance to assist with planning. The renewal application period will also …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is conducting a parent survey from November 22 to December 14 to better understand the regional and provincial demand for school-aged child care. If you haven’t already done so, please distribute this survey to parents and encourage them to participate. Survey results from each school district will be …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is conducting a parent survey to better understand the regional and provincial demand for school-aged child care. Schools with Kindergarten to Grade 7 students will be asked to distribute the survey to parents to help inform long-term planning and policy development for child care in B.C. Information and …
The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) is hosting a free virtual symposium speaker series throughout November and December 2023 to inform the development of a new, effective system of services for children and youth with support needs. Registration is free and now open. If you have questions, please reach out to Holli Ward, …
Effective December 1, 2023, Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) employed by non-public sector employers will receive another hourly raise in support of the essential work they do to educate and care for young children. More than 12,000 eligible ECEs working at participating licensed child care facilities will receive the additional $2 per hour raise, based on …
Held last week at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver, the 2023 Early Learning Child Care (ELCC) Summit: Supporting a Child Care Ecosystem featured innovative dialogue on enhancing integrated child care as a core service throughout B.C. For those who could not attend, a recording is available on YouTube. Thank you to the school …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care will conduct a parent survey this November to better understand the regional and provincial demand for school-aged child care. Schools with Kindergarten to Grade 7 students will be asked to distribute the survey to parents to help inform long-term planning and policy development for child care in B.C. …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is expanding participation in the Strengthening Early Years to Kindergarten Transitions (SEY2KT) project which follows an inquiry-based approach to: Interested districts may submit an expression of interest by November 3. For questions, email EDUC.EarlyLearning@gov.bc.ca.
The Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Summit, Supporting a Child Care Ecosystem, on October 13 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, is approaching. Top leaders in child care, business and community will join in meaningful discussion on supporting a quality early learning and child care system that families can rely …
In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Child Care, the University of British Columbia Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) is continuing to expand Compassionate Systems Leadership training opportunities for the education system. HELP is launching a renewed suite of trainings, which can be found on the new BC Compassionate Systems Leadership Network website. The website …
