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Ontario Early Year Policy
- 1. What makes public policya success? Universal Approach to the Problem
- 2. Presentation: Syed Ali NasirZaidi ID:104251474 ONTARIO YEARLY YEARS POLICY
- 3. Agenda Policy Origin:A Brief History • Crucial Studies • 1. Reversing the Real Brain Drain (Early Years Study 1999) • 2. Putting Science into Action (Early Years Study 2 2007) • 3.Making Decisionsand Taking Actions ( Early Years Study 3 2011) Philosophy Behind Policy Implementation of Policy Policy Evaluation References Children Prosperity Early School Leavers Early School Leavers Montessori(psych ological & educational aspect, (Italian) Nursery (Health & Hygiene) Women Participation rates 1953- 2013 2005 2009 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018
- 4. What is EarlyYears Policy , Ontario • The Ontario Early Years Policy is a policy framework to have principles as well as predictable steps in the implementation of a consolidated Early Years policy, it is also a commitment towards full day kindergarten and the creation of an integrated system of Best Start Child and Family Centres. (Ontario, Ministry of Education, 2014)
- 5. • Principles • PredictableSteps • Consolidated Early Years Policy Child Care Licensing System Staff Qualifications Emergency Preparedness Ratios of Employees to Children and Group Size Building Equipment and Playground Staff Qualifications Health and Medical Supervision Nutrition Administrative Matters Program for Children Full Day Kindergarten by 2014 Implementation of Best Start and Family Center Improve Language and Speech Stability in Child Care System Pan-Canada Early Years Education • http://www.childcarecanada.org/ • http://www.ccsc-cssge.ca/ecec- credentialing-results
- 6. Three Influential Studies EarlyYears Study , 1999 Early Years Study 2 , 2007 Early Years Study 3, 2011 Policy Origin and A Brief History Children Prosperity Creches (France) Montessori( psychologica l & educational aspect, (Italian) Nursery (Health & Hygiene)
- 7. Early Years Study1 | 1999 The Early years study: Reversing the real brain drain (1999) describes the critical importance of children's early interactions in shaping their development Early Development Index : 1. EYS1 gave a tool that looked at children development just before they are prepared to enter schools(Early Years Study 1, 1999) 2. EYS 1 revealed how experiences in early childhood shape the architecture and function of the brain, with lifelong consequences for the individual and for society(Early Years Study, 1999) Health Education Nutrition
- 8. Early Years Study2 | 2007 • Early years study 2: Putting science into action (2007) focused on the policy framework necessary to improve conditions in early childhood, with a view of improving the health of the population. • It promoted the indicators of the changed tool and how programs are integrating. (Margaret ,2012) • According to Dr. Stuart Shankar , it argued for a policy framework to improve population health outcomes.(Early Years Study, 2012)
- 9. Early Years Study3 | 2011 Making decisions, taking action • The Early Years Study 3 documents the social, economic and scientific rationale for increased investments in ECE. It also introduces the Early Childhood Education Report. • It documents the social, economic and scientific rationale for enhanced investments in ECE. It also introduces the ECE Index to monitor the funding, policy, access and quality of early education programming.(Early Years Study,2012) • Making decisions, taking action: It provides the overarching advice that OECD gave to Canada since Canada was not faring well in ECE.
- 10. Child Care andEarly Years Act, 2014 • The Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 (CCEYA) came into effect on August 31, 2015. This legislation replaced the outdated Day Nurseries Act 1990 (DNA -10 versions) and established new rules governing child care in Ontario. Who does the Act apply to? • Unlicensed child care • Home child care providers contracted by a licensed agency • Licensed home child care agencies; and • Licensed child care centres Who is exempt from the Act? • Nannies or babysitters that provide care to children in the children’s home • Care by relatives • Camps that only care for children aged 4 and over • Programs with a primary purpose of academic or skill- based recreation • Private schools that only care for children aged 4 and over.
- 11. Children Prosperity Neuro- cognitive Development Rising Child Poverty Early School Leavers Low Family Affordability Women Participatio n rates 1953-2013 Purpose behind Ontario Early Years Policy
- 12. Women vs. Menworkforce Participation Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), 1976 to 2014, and previous LFS publications
- 13. Unequal Pay Source :http://alfa-img.com/show/pay-women-less.html Canada lags behind western nations in bridging women’s wage gap . Canada is lagging behind the leaders in the western world in terms of the presence of women in company boardrooms and bridging the wage gap between genders(shulman,2016). Source: Data from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2016 In Canada, women only made up about 13 per cent company boardrooms. In terms of wage equality, Canada finished in the bottom third, coming in at 24th, just ahead of Switzerland.(Shulman, 2016)
- 14. Canada should spendmore on child care. (Toronto Dominion Bank, 2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHUdakeg92c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpEXKgU20A
- 15. You pay menow or you pay me later. (Mustard, F., n.d) • Study suggests that one cohort of early school leavers add up more to the social cost in terms of the social assistance ,employment insurance and then additional cost of criminal justice system .Now put them against the taxes and employment insurance , they are not paying , it is worth $ 2.2 Billion. ( Early Years Study,2007)
- 16. Quebec:ACaseStudyforOntario • Quebec hasthe least expensive childcare in the country at $7/day Meanwhile in Ontario parents pay as much as $49/day. • Affordable Child Care for Families More Savings More Education Better Employment Aspects More female labor participation Dads involved Childrearin g 82% parental leave Poverty Alleviation by 50% Students Better results More Revenues from Female labor participation
- 17. Quebec’s universal child-caresystem (and low tuition rates) makes it the most affordable province. Since 1997, when the subsidized child-care program was introduced, the most a family paid was $7.55 per day.(Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives) Child care cost started from $ 5 in 1997 to $7 in 2016. Quebec parents of young kids, meanwhile, could actually make a profit: The median monthly child care cost there is $152 a month, which would leave $8 a month left over. In Ottawa, high costs force some parents to go across the river to Gatineau, Que., where rates are $10,000 a year cheaper.(CCPA) Quebec’s Children Initiatives helped it to go from the bottom to the top on many social indicators(Early Years Study 3, 2011) • Lowest female participation to highest. • Less likely to attend post secondary education now attending than their Canadian counterparts. • Children high score on many standardized tests • Despite working more , more babies • Dads are involved in more child rearing • Mothers involved in workforce due to low child care generate more tax revenues.
- 18. Ontario Early PolicyFramework Toronto is the most expensive child care fees in the country.(CCPA) And the money doesn’t seem to trickle down to often-underpaid early childhood educators. In April 2015, the province announced $120 million in new funding dedicated to building safe, high-quality, licensed child care spaces in schools across the province. So far, $113 million has been allocated, resulting in almost 3,800 new licensed child care spaces coming soon to communities across Ontario. Since 2003–04, the government has doubled child care funding to more than $1 billion annually, and the number of licensed child care spaces in Ontario has grown to nearly 351,000 – an increase of 87 per cent. “Recent statistics suggest that Canada has one of the highest labour force participation rates of mothers with children under the age of six among the OECD countries”.(Adkin & Abu Laban, 2008, p.49) Source: Global news
- 19. Source: Global news Source:Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives
- 20. ECE Index Child Careand Early Years Act, 2014 Licensing Standards Child Care Licensing System Staff Qualifications Emergency Preparedness Ratios of Employees to Children and Group Size Building Equipment and Playground Staff Qualifications Health and Medical Supervision Nutrition Administrative Matters Staff Screening Measures and Criminal Reference Checks Program for Children
- 21. • Sleep Policiesand Supervision • Every licensee is supposed to ensure that a child who is younger than 12 months is placed for sleep in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations set out in the document entitled “Joint Statement on Safe Sleep: Preventing Sudden Infant Deaths in Canada” published by Public Health Agency of Canada, unless the child’s physician recommends otherwise in writing. Source: Ontario, Ministry of Education
- 22. Age Grouping Ratioof staff to children Maximum number of children in group Infants (younger than 18 months) 3 to 10 10 Toddlers (18 months or older but younger than 30 months) 1 to 5 15 Preschool (30 months or older but younger than 6 years) 1 to 8 16 Kindergarten (44 months or older but younger than 68 months) 1 to 13 26 Primary/junior school age (68 months or older but younger than 13 years) 1 to 15 30 Junior school age (9 years or older but younger than 13 years) 1 to 20 20 Licensing Standards What are the ratios for licensed child care centers? Licensed child care centers are required to meet the minimum standards set out in the following ratios. The majority of the ratios for licensed child care centers remain unchanged. Only the ratios for 4-5 year old and 9- 12 year old have been changed and operators may choose to use the former ratios or the new ones. Licensed child care centers can choose to have more staff than is required, but may not have less: (Ontario, Ministry of Education,2015) Source: Ontario, Ministry of Education
- 23. • 2005 -Best Start Strategies, Networks and Demonstration Sites • 2009 - With Our Best Future in Mind • 2010 - Beginning of the implementation of Full Day Kindergarten; The release of the new child care funding formula; Introduction of the Ontario Early Years Policies Framework: How Does learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for Early Years; • 2010-12 New EDU responsibility for Child Care modernization begin; • 2013 - Ontario Early Years Policy Framework –Think, Feel, Act; The new Child Care Funding and Framework implementation; • 2014 - New EDU responsibility for Child Care and family programs; Full implementation of Full-Day Kindergarten – How does Learning Happen? • 2015 - Implementation of the New Child Care and Early Years Act (2014); • 2016-17 Moving forward with the Ontario Early Years Child and Family Centres with the release of the provincial guidelines and launch of the local needs assessment processes and consultations. • 2017 -Conducting local consultation and local needs assessments and the development of local service system plans; Release of new OEYCFC funding and allocation to CMSM; • 2018- CMSM, Social Services Department, Municipalities will assume the implementation of the OEYCFC funding and service system management. Early Years Policy Implementation & its historic perspective; There were 4 Keys areas for policy implementation that were first focused by the policy makers. Full Day Kindergarten by 2014 Implementation of Best Start and Family Center Improve Language and Speech Stability in Child Care System
- 24. Full Day Kindergarten by2014 Implementation of Best Start and Family Center Improve Language and Speech Stability in Child Care System Overview of some of the key milestones and timelines:
- 25. EYP Evaluation Technical Feasibility • DidEYP achieve its purpose or supposed to do what it wanted? Yes, it did as it attained Economic & Financial Possibility • It deals with a)Cost of policy and b) benefits of such policy and programs • Whole society will reap the benefits in the longer . Political Viability • Will the policy fly? Yes, it is flying well. Its an answer to a universal problem. Administrative Operability • Are financial and human resources available? Yes, massive funding & finances were available $ 1Billion annually. • Will teachers or physical facilities staffing available? More spaces for children 87% More Regularizat ion in CCEYA Curricula for ECE Profession als
- 26. • A fewreferences to the Education policy course 1,What is the kind of Early Years Policy? Incremental as it overlaps with other policies and acts (Pan-Canada & DNA) 2,The role of research in policy making. It was totally research-based (3 studies) 3, The role of Policy Dissemination: All the stakeholders were taken into consideration as it streamlined the nuts and bolts by regulating the ECE industry.
- 27. Individual Social Overall Economics Policy Evaluation: Early Yearlypolicy was important for both provincial and national economic growth. It created more employment opportunities, university graduates, colleges, school and day care centers.
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- 29. References Adkin, L., &Abu-Laban, Y. (2008). The challenge of care: Early childhood education and care in Canada and Quebec. Studies in Political Economy, 81, 49-76. Ferrao, V. 2010. Paid Work. Women in Canada: A Gender-Based Statistical Report. Sixth edition. Statistics Canada. Catalogue 89-503X. Shulman, Michael(May 27, 2016). Canada Lags Behind Western Nations In Bridging Women’s Wage Gap. Retrieved from https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/canada-lags-behind-western-nations-in-bridging-women-s-wage-gap-194416589.html Howe, C., Prochner, Laurence Wayne, & Gibson Library Connections, Inc. (2000). Early childhood care and education in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press. McCain, M., Mustard, J. Fraser, Shanker, Stuart, Council for Early Child Development, & Gibson Library Connections Inc. (2007). Early years study 2 putting science into action. Toronto, Ont.: Council for Early Child Development. McCain, M., Mustard, J. Fraser, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Gibson Library Connections Inc, Ontario. Premier, & Ontario. Minister Responsible for Children. (2011). Early years study final report : Reversing the real brain drain. Toronto, Ont.: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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