The Regional Municipality of Durham maintains several resources for early learning and child care professionals.
Professional learning opportunities
The Region of Durham has a Professional Resource Library for early learning and child care professionals. The library is funded by the Ministry of Education's Capacity Building funding. Contact us to book an appointment at the Professional Resource Library.
Check out our current Professional Learning sessions in the Spring Edition of our Grow newsletter. Please check back often for updates.
Coming Soon: You will also find more early learning and child care training for Durham Region posted beginning in the Fall 2018
Visit the College of Early Childhood Educators Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) website for additional early learning and child care professional resources.
How Does Learning Happen?
In 2014, the Ministry of Education launched How Does Learning Happen?, Ontario's Pedagogy for
the Early Years. The pedagogy recognizes children as competent, capable of complex thinking, curious and rich in potential.
How Does Learning Happen? is organized around four key concepts: belonging, engagement, expression and well-being. these concepts are the foundation of high-quality care, supporting children's future potential. Early learning and child care centres and licensed home child care agencies follow this pedagogy.
To download a copy of the pedagogy in English and French, visit the Ministry of Education's website.
Best Start Network
The Best Start Network provides a place and time for people who work with children and families to meet and share information, data and best practices. We meet four times a year.
Contact us to join one of our working groups:
- Infant Mental Health Sub-Committee
- Indigenous Planning Activities
- Child Care Sub-Committee
- Research and Mobilization Sub-Committee
Durham Region Child Care Forum (DRCCF)
The Durham Region Child Care Forum (DRCCF) looks after the training needs of Durham Region's Early Learning and Child Care community.
Resources
More information about early learning and child care professionals can be found on the following websites:
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Education - free publications to order
- College of Early Childhood Educators
- Association of Early Childhood Educators, Ontario
- Childcare Human Resources Sector Council
- Early Years Education Ontario Network
- Childcare Resource and Research Unit - Child Care Canada
- Umbrella Central Daycare Services
- Home Child Care Association of Ontario
- Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health (formerly the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre)
- Early Learning and Child Care in Peterborough
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Resources for Exceptional Children and Youth - Resource Portal
- Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP)
- Best Start Health Nexus
- Early Childhood Investigations
- CMAS Canada
- Child Care Exchange
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