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.
Visit the College of Early Childhood Educators Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) website for additional early learning and child care professional resources.
Durham Region's Early Learning and Child Care Virtual Town Hall Q&A Summary Documents
The 2020 GROW Fall edition of the newsletter is now available. Check out the on-line opportunities and resources for professional learning.
To order Heath Department resources to help you in your daily practice you can go to the Health Care Provider Resource Order Form.
Professional Resource Library
Durham Region's Professional Resource Library is for early learning and child care community. The Ministry of Education's Capacity Building funding pays for the library.
The resource library has many free resources that can be used by early learning professionals, including new curriculum and inquiry-based kits.
Important Update: On September 22, 2020, it was announced that Durham Regional Headquarters and all other Regional offices will remain closed to the public until further notice. As such, the Professional Resource library will remain closed for public access until further notice. To support the Durham Early Learning community, resources and materials in the Resource library will remain available for loan. Please contact Balynn.Albrecht@durham.ca to discuss the availability and delivery of materials to your early learning site.
Please note, the Region of Durham continues to actively monitor the situation and public updates regarding the current status of programs and services can be accessed on our website.
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.
Extra copies of the Durham Region HDLH English Posters and Reflective Cards and French Posters and Reflective Cards can be downloaded.
Durham Region Child Care Forum
The Durham Region Child Care Forum (DRCCF) looks after the training needs of Durham Region's Early Learning and Child Care community including the Annual DRCCF Conference held every fall. Follow the DRCCF link above for more information.
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 or email beststart@durham.ca to join one of our working groups:
| Infant Mental Health Sub-Committee |
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Working to improve infant mental health experiences for children and families across Durham by integrating the science of mental health into professional practice. For more information on the Infant Mental Health Sub-Committee, contact us at beststart@durham.ca. |
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Improving access to culturally relevant, Indigenous-led Early Years programs and service off-reserve, including child care and child and family programs. For more information on Indigenous Planning Activities, connect with us at beststart@durham.ca. |
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| Child Care Sub-Committee | ||||||
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Providing members of the child care community with an avenue to:
Participants can attend with a goal of becoming informed, networking, and/or taking on a role in a working group. For more information on the Child Care Sub-Committee, connect with us at beststart@durham.ca. |
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| Research and Knowledge Mobilization Sub-Committee | ||||||
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The goal of the Research and Knowledge Mobilization Sub-Committee is to create a different type of space that brings together researchers and early learning and child care professionals to make change together. Our Sub-committee is made up of representatives from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology; the Region of Durham, Social Services and Health departments; Durham College; Lake Ridge Community Support Services; YMCA of Greater Toronto; Ultimate School Agers; Trent University; and Tender Years Childcare.
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