Heidi Ulrichsen is ’s associate content editor. And it is also important because it develops pedagogical leadership within the early childhood settings.” “This training is really important because it's directly connected to what we are supposed to be doing in early childhood education.
“Through the professional community of practice, we discuss the document, people come back with reflections, they participate, and then they go implement stuff into the early childhood settings," she said. Latulippe said when the document came out, people needed to learn how to put the information into practice, which is what the study group run by the college is all about. It’s not just inexperienced early childhood educators who are taking the program - sometimes people who have been in the field for a couple of decades take it, as they’re looking at how to implement the 2014 curriculum document. The program’s goal is to implement early childhood education in the province that aligns with the 2014 Ontario government document “How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years.” “It's not like a drive-thru kind of workshop.” She said the program runs for 11 months each year, and involves “a combination of workshops, hands-on activities, critical reflection, collaborative inquiry and mentoring.”Ībout 20 to 25 people begin the program every year, but only about 15 to 20 finish. Josée Latulippe, manager of Collège Boréal’s Social Innovation Centre for Children and Families, explains that the college runs the program on behalf of the City of Greater Sudbury’s children’s services department, which also funds the program.
More than 100 early childhood educators are fully up to speed on best practices in their sector thanks to a program run through Collège Boréal for nine years now.Ī celebration of the latest class of educators to go through the study group on early childhood education was held recently at the college.
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