early childhood educators

EXCERPTS

Early Learning and Child Care in Nova Scotia continues to operate in a critical state.  Retention and recruitment have been at crisis for years due to a patchwork system that has been subsidized by and built on the backs of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs).

Government promised to develop a compensation framework, outlined in the bilateral agreement and provided vague language in the workforce strategy that both commit to addressing these issues by the end of 2022.

With expansions planned for early Fall and the promise of 9500 new spaces, this promise risks coming too late.

Government must:

• Raise wages effective immediately
• Ensure all ECEs have access to benefits and pensions
• Prioritize all ECEs' access to paid sick leave

Send a letter to our political leaders and let them know that The Time is Now, because there will be no additional child care spaces without additional ECEs.

Financial support is available to eligible applicants in the form of an education grant, travel grant and training allowance.

Do you have 6 months of employment with any of the following settings?

• EarlyON Child and Family Centre
• Child care and family program funded under any Indigenous-led Child & Family Centres
• Licensed home or centre-based child care agency
• Publicly funded schools
• Private Schools
• Other formal early learning child care, child and family programs, or curriculum linked school programming

Are you enrolled in or accepted to a recognized community college in Ontario for full-time or part-time studies towards an Early Childhood Education diploma?

If the answer is yes, join us to learn more about available grant funding.