Step 1. Ensure that you have registered the individual participants in your child care service through Eventbrite.
Step 2. Please have all participants sign an attendance sheet. The organizer is responsible for keeping a copy of this attendance sheet on file in the event a participant needs a re-issue of the PL certificate at a future date. Click here for a sample attendance sheet from the PL Toolkit for Administrators: Sample Attendance Sheet.
Step 3. At the time of the workshop, only one participant or administrator needs to sign into the Zoom link if all other participants are watching together on a shared screen. We recommend signing in early and testing all equipment including speakers in advance.
Step 4. For all participants to receive verification of PL hours:
Step 5. Allow up to two weeks for AECENL to issue the PL certificate via email. If participants do not receive a PL verification email within two weeks of the PL event, AECENL suggests that participants check their spam/junk folders before contacting the office.
The 33rd Annual Provincial Conference was held in-person and online via Zoom on October 4th, 2025 at the Holiday Inn Conference Centre in St. John's. Playing on the theme of "Lighting the Way, Leaving a Legacy", this year's conference welcomed Anisha Angella, The Early Childhood Coach as our Keynote Speaker who spoke on Leaving a Legacy in Early Childhood. We also welcomed Kelly Young of First Light spoke about First Light's Year of Listening, Molly Balcom Raleigh who spoke about the ECE Lab and website launch, Dr. Elizabeth Attisano and Coralie D'Souza from Children's Literacy Foundation who spoke about Early Literacy, and Emily Martin and Grace Macdonald who spoke about inclusive music programs and music therapy. October 4th, 2025 was a day full of exciting prizes, networking opportunities, and high quality professional learning.
Scroll throught AECENL's 33rd Annual Provincial Conference Photo Gallery below:
The 32nd Annual Provincial Conference was held in-person and online via Zoom on October 5th, 2024 at the Holiday Inn Conference Centre in St. John's. Guest facilitators and keynote speakers included Susan McDonald (she/her) is the founder of Inspiring New Perspectives, Adam Braye a Family Home Childcare Consultant, and Dr. Zeenat Janmohamed (she/her) is the Executive Director and Senior Policy Analyst at the Atkinson Centre
AECENL’s 32nd Annual Conference Photo Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.901786708654749&type=3
The 31st Annual Provincial Conference was held in-person and online via zoom on October 14th at the Capital Hotel in St. John’s. Guest facilitators and keynote speakers included Richard Cohen of Zen and the Art of Early Childhood Education, and Tina Geers of Inspired Minds ECC.
Play the following video to listen to Emily Martin's "Hello Song" which was played during SHINE Music's Conference Presentation:
