AECENL Has a New Facebook PageIf you're on Facebook click here to come on over and join us on our Facebook page! CCCF Launches a Video About ELCC 
Be sure to check out this wonderful video launched by the CCCF! Child Care Services Division Website has Moved ...The Provincial Child Care Services Division can now be found at its new home on the Department of Child Youth and Family Services page of the Government of NL - Click here to go to the new web location. (NOTE: You may have to clear your browser history/cache to view the new webpage!). This link has also been updated on our "Weblinks" page under the heading "Government Websites" Workshop Kits Lending Library Now Open!Workshop kits (including handouts, materials for presentation, attendance records, evaluation sheets and certificates) are now available through AECENL for facilitators to borrow! In order to borrow the kits you must be on our Workshop Facilitators List. To be placed on our list you must have completed AECENL's Workshop Facilitation Skills Seminar (or equivalent). For more information contact
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. Click here for a list of workshop kits available for borrowing Click here for a form to request a kit AECENL On-Line Workshops!We are very excited to announce that AECENL is now offering workshops on-line! We have 3 workshops currently available - "Creating a Greener Child Care Setting", "Stress Management" and our newest workshop (in partnership with the Canadian Child Care Federation) "Practitioners and Families Together: Self-Esteem" ... you can print a registration form now for these workshops by clicking here ! Once we receive your registration form you will be sent a username and password for your workshop by e-mail - if you have not received your username and password within 2 weeks of mailing your registration form and fee check to make sure it has not been sent to your junk mail folder - then, if still missing, please call (877) 579-3028 to make sure we received your registration! You can log-in using the link in the green sidebar to the right or go to our Links section and use the "AECENL On-Line Workshops" link to take you to the log-in page. You will have 2 weeks from the date you first log-in to a workshop to complete the workshop at your leisure ... you can do it all in one sitting or visit regularly over the 2 week period. When you successfully complete the workshop you will be able to print off a personalized PD certificate! Available Now: - Creating a Greener Child Care Setting (3 hours PD)
- Stress Management (1.5 hours PD)
- Practitioners and Families Together: Self-Esteem (2.0 hours PD) - in partnership with the CCCF
CCCF Circulates Important Info re TrampolinesThe Canadian Paediatric Society has a position statement about the use of trampolines - they do not recommend owning or using them as the incidence of serious injury from their use has increased dramatically since they became more widely available. You can read the article by clicking: Trampoline Info News from the ECE Human Resource Council (NL)
The Early Childhood Educators Human Resource Council (ECHRC) is pleased to advise that consulting firm of Don Gallant and Associates has been retained to develop a Human Resources Management and Administration Manual, for Licensees and Operators in the Child Care sector. The need for the development of such a Manual was identified within the work previously undertaken by the Industrial Adjustment Services (IAS)) Committee on Child Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention. Work on this project will commence immediately and the consultants (Don Gallant and Mary Linehan) will work under the supervision of a Steering Committee of the ECHRC. In developing this Manual the consultants will engage in discussion with key stakeholders within the child care sector. Methodologies for the project include a Literature and cross jurisdictional Review, Focus Groups, Key Informant Interviews and a sector-wide questionnaire (directed to Licensees and Operators). As such you may be asked to participate in focus group sessions and/or be included in the key informant interview series. Focus Group sessions will occur only in the St. John’s region however informant interviews will occur with randomly selected licensees and operators from across the province. In addition a short questionnaire will be distributed (either by hard copy or e mail) to all Licensees and Operators in the province. If contacted by the Consultants we hopeful that you will willingly participate in this project. This Manual will be a valuable tool for Licensees and Operators in helping develop and deliver good HR practices within our child care centres but in order for it to be most useful and applicable it needs to be grounded in the identified needs of our sector and be based on feedback and input from those most affected. Your input is therefore most important. If you should have questions regarding this project please feel free to contact me at
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or contact Don Gallant directly at
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We thank you in advance for your cooperation. Ros Bennett, Chair, EHRCH CCCF Affiliation with AECENLMembers hold Dual Membership!  AECENL is an affiliate organization of the Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) - AECENL's members hold a dual membership in AECENL and the CCCF, joining 10,000 others across Canada working to support quality child care!
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