Overview Module One

Welcome to Module 1: Overview of Administration and Operation, Childcare Governance and Regulatory Bodies

In this module, participants will explore various governance structures, including private ownership, board-run, not-for-profit, corporate, and family childcare models, while gaining a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of government regulatory bodies such as the Ministry of Education and Childcare, the ECE Registry, and Licensing authorities.

Participants will also focus on financial management, equipping participants with skills to develop budgets, identify funding opportunities, and navigate ministry funding agreements, including programs like subsidy, wage enhancements, $10-a-day initiatives, and supportive child care development funding.

Participants will explore human resource management topics, including hiring practices, understanding ECE certification levels, meeting staffing requirements, conducting evaluations, maintaining compliance with labour laws, and adhering to operational and marketing regulations as per licensing standards.

All participants need to learn about the history of the First Nations in Canada and where they are living or residing.  To understand the generational trauma, day schools, residential schools, medical hospitals, the 60s Scoop, the foster care system, and the historical impacts on each First Nations person, Nation/Tribe/Community. It has had lasting impacts from generation to generation and continues today.  Taking time to  understanding the importance for Nations to reclaim their language and culture; without language, there is no culture. 

Understanding how things are different on reserve and off reserve.  Need to have an open heart, open mind, and be willing to listen and hear true life experiences and how it has impacted today's children and families, and how all of it has had devastating generational impacts, which need to be understood when working alongside First Nation communities, Tribes or people.  

The estimated time to complete Module One based on content, activities, and assessments is ten hours (10 hours or 600 minutes)