EHCCA Program Statement
We want to ensure that each child receives the best early child care experience possible. Promoting the health, safety, nutrition, and well-being of children is also one of our primary goal.
Families are valued as active participants in their care. Respect for the diversity of children, their families and caregivers are important to our agency.
Mission
To provide responsive, inclusive, accessible, early learning setting to children and their families through a network of community homes throughout Etobicoke.
Vision
We are committed to quality home child care services for children of all ages and abilities.
Values
Our agency has a strong commitment to supporting high quality, early learning, and care. We view children as ‘being competent, capable, curious and rich in potential.’ Our goal is to ensure that home childcare providers can foster the children’s exploration, play, and inquires and enhance their ability to self-regulate. Activities within the home child care setting include the foundations for learning outlined in the *” How does learning happen model”
We Do This By
- Meeting the provincial licensing standards CCEYA and the City of Toronto’s Home Child Care Assessment for Quality Improvement.
- Promote the health, safety, nutrition and well being of the children.
- Support positive and responsible interactions among the children, parents, childcare Providers and staff.
- Foster the children’s exploration play and inquiry.
- Provide child initiated and adult-supported experiences.
- Incorporate indoor/outdoor, as well as active play, rest and quiet time, into the day, and give consideration to the individual needs of the children.
- Foster the engagement of and ongoing communication with parents about the program and their children.
- Educational workshops for providers and parents.
Regular home visits.
Developmental screening of children and referrals.
Offering an early learning environment to children in care.
Involve local community partners and allow those partners to support the children, their families and staff.
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