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In honour of Teacher Appreciation Week, we sat down with some of our Master of Arts Child Study & Education alumni and learned more about their careers as teachers, how they got there, why they chose the program.

Excerpt: "Licensed child-care providers can now apply for up to $5 million in new funding through the second intake of the Inclusive Spaces Program Grant. Applications are open until June 13, as part of the $15-million federal-provincial investment in the Inclusive Spaces Program Grant under the Canada-Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. Investing in inclusive child-care spaces is essential to supporting Alberta’s growing population, strengthening workforce participation and ensuring all children have an accessible space in Alberta’s high-quality child-care system."

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Excerpt: "The Province has appointed the Honourable David H. Jenkins, former Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island and Chief Justice of the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, to lead a third-party review of the policies, procedures, and processes of both the Public Schools Branch, la Commission scolaire de langue française, and the Department of Education and Early Years. Following serious incidents related to student safety, the third-party review aims to identify vulnerabilities in existing safeguards, recommend improvements, and propose new measures to better protect children in Island schools."

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Excerpt: "This rewarding career allows educators the opportunity to form bonds with children while teaching them important life skills during their most formative years. [Learn about the} Role of an Early Childhood Educator; Work Requirements; Work-Life Balance as an Early Childhood Educator; Average Wage of ECEs."

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Excerpt: "The ELCC Workforce Enhancement Grant is a grant for regulated and operational child care centres and group family child care homes to support recruitment and retention of Assistants and qualified Early Childhood Educators (ECEs). New and existing facilities who hold a licence between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, are eligible. The grant is calculated at $145 per licenced child care space."

Excerpt: "Early childhood educators (ECE) provide developmentally appropriate care and learning programs for children and support parents and caregivers to participate in the economy or upgrade their skills. The province recognizes that ECEs are important to growing the number of regulated child care spaces in the province and has prioritized investments into the recruitment and retention of ECE professionals under the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement."

Excerpt: "The Early Years Branch collaborated with the National Association of Regulatory Administration (NARA) in the United States to create and introduce differential monitoring, a system for monitoring and licensing child care facilities. The implementation of this new system, which includes the abbreviated checklist with key indicators and weighted risk indicators, commenced in the spring of 2021. As part of this collaboration with NARA, a quality assessment tool was developed: Saskatchewan's Early Learning and Child Care Quality Key Indicator Instrument (SK Quality Tool). The ministry is now implementing use of this new quality assessment tool. Participation in this differential monitoring approach to licensing and monitoring child care facilities is mandatory for all child care centres."