Educators and Providers plan community outings with their children and families to local community/neighbourhood destinations such as Libraries, Fire Stations, Recreation Centres, Museums, Royal Botanical Gardens, playgrounds and OEYC’s to support learning and inquiry and health and wellness. Goal: j) Goal: support Educators, home-child care Providers or others who interact with the children at the child care centre or home child care premises in relation to continuous professional learning Approaches: Continuous Professional Learning Educators and Providers participate in mandatory training sessions. Today’s Family offers Affiliated Service for Children and Youth membership to all educators to support continuous professional learning. Educators that participate in workshops and conferences share their learning with their colleagues by presenting what they have learned at a staff meeting or facilitating a workshop. Today’s Family operational management team participated in a study group facilitated by an external professional to support their learning of the new pedagogy “How Does Learning Happen?”. Home Visitors share their learning from the Study Group by facilitating workshops for Providers on “How Does Learning Happen?” (February 8 and 22, and March 7 and 21). Leaders on the operational management team share their learning from the Study Group by facilitating study group sessions for their staff on “How Does Learning Happen?”. Today’s Family Educators and Providers are sent information about community based training that is available free of charge (Supervisor’s Learning Community, Reggio Study Group, Emergent Curriculum Journey). Today’s Family Educators have the opportunity to participate in local child care Conferences (February Flurry) and share their learning with their teams. Implementation Policy - Today’s Family Approach for Educators/Providers
Educators and Providers plan community outings with their children and families to local community/neighbourhood destinations such as Libraries, Fire Stations, Recreation Centres, Museums, Royal Botanical Gardens, playgrounds and OEYC’s to support learning and inquiry and health and wellness. Goal: j) Goal: support Educators, home-child care Providers or others who interact with the children at the child care centre or home child care premises in relation to continuous professional learning Approaches: Continuous Professional Learning Educators and Providers participate in mandatory training sessions. Today’s Family offers Affiliated Service for Children and Youth membership to all educators to support continuous professional learning. Educators that participate in workshops and conferences share their learning with their colleagues by presenting what they have learned at a staff meeting or facilitating a workshop. Today’s Family operational management team participated in a study group facilitated by an external professional to support their learning of the new pedagogy “How Does Learning Happen?”. Home Visitors share their learning from the Study Group by facilitating workshops for Providers on “How Does Learning Happen?” (February 8 and 22, and March 7 and 21). Leaders on the operational management team share their learning from the Study Group by facilitating study group sessions for their staff on “How Does Learning Happen?”. Today’s Family Educators and Providers are sent information about community based training that is available free of charge (Supervisor’s Learning Community, Reggio Study Group, Emergent Curriculum Journey). Today’s Family Educators have the opportunity to participate in local child care Conferences (February Flurry) and share their learning with their teams. Implementation Policy - Today’s Family Approach for Educators/Providers
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