Child Care Licensing - North Shore Community Resources Society

North Shore Child Care Resource & Referral Program
I hope everyone got some time off to enjoy the summer and you are
going back rested and refreshed to your work with children and
families. The CCRR program has been busy over the summer. We
have acquired several new library resources and there has also been
some reorganizing of the equipment room to provide a greater variety
and more manageable resources.
Autumn 2008
The CCRR program, as part of the North Shore Child Care Planning
Committee, continues to work on the recommendations from the North
Shore Child Care Needs Assessment as well as sit on a number of
planning tables on early childhood initiatives for the North Shore.
For May is Child Care Month, we concentrated on education. We
gave a presentation of the Child Care Needs Assessment to the North
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and had a great response from
the 50 or so small businesses attending. They understood the direct
connection between access to child care as part of recruiting and
retaining employees. Many of them deal with the issue of child care
first hand. We also had the annual proclamation of Child Care Month
through North Shore municipalities, hung banners, circulated
information and resources and acknowledged our community of care
providers at network meetings.
Our workshop series on Ethical Practice in Early Childhood Education
wrapped up in June. It was very successful and the feedback was
very positive. Christine Mann, our Support and Outreach Consultant,
took the series and has followed up with some interesting thoughts in
this newsletter on ethical practice.
We are looking forward to the seventh annual North Shore Early
Childhood Conference and are always proud and pleased to be a
contributing organization to this dynamic ECE conference in our own
community. Tunde has worked hard on a workshop line up for this fall
and there will be several options to choose from. With the increased
Licensing requirement for professional development hours, Tunde has
also put together a resource list of other organizations providing
professional development. We provide as much as we can with our
funding and staffing, however, Early Childhood Educators may need
to research other sources for workshops and professional
development.
We look forward to continue serving you as you support children and
families in our community.
June Maynard,
Manager, CCRR Program
Inserts
- NSCCRR Workshop Calendar
- NSCCRR 2008 Fee Schedule
- “Nobody’s Perfect Parenting”
Workshop Flyer
- Carseat Flyer
- City of North Van Updates
- Resource: Where to Take
Workshops
- Key Elements of School-Age
Child Care Flyer
Funded by: Province of BC,
District of North Vancouver,
City of Nor th Vancouver,
District of West Vancouver,
United Way of the Lower
Mainland
North Shore Community Resources - Capilano Mall, 201 - 935 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, BC V7P 1S3
website: www.nscr.bc.ca
604-985-7138
Congratulations!
Do you have an email
address?
To keep you informed and upto-date with our program and
with current events in child
care please let us know your
email address.
Christine.Mann@nscr.bc.ca
or
Virginia.Pateman@nscr.bc.ca
North Shore Community Resources and the
Nor th Shore Child Care Resource and
Referral Program would like to congratulate
Elisabeth Mueller, on receiving the Provincial
Award of Excellence in Child Care for
Family Child Care. Elisabeth is the licensee
and operator of Little Raven’s Nest Family Child
Care in West Vancouver.
We certainly know the dedication and hard work of the many child
care providers in our community and I am sure all child care
professionals applaud you for this recognition of your important
work with children and families. To be nominated by the families
you serve and support is the highest form of appreciation and
demonstrates the commitment and contribution you have made in
the lives of families. Congratulations!
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Water Bottle Alert!
Our Staff:
Li Boesen, Executive Director
June Maynard, Manager, Child
Care Resourse Program
Fariba Aghdassi, Information &
Resource Consultant
Tunde Getaneh, Community
Access Consultant
Christine Mann, Support &
Outreach Consultant (Child
Care Providers)
Maria Morisseau, Municipal
Child Care Consultant
Virginia Pateman, Information
& Resource Consultant (parents
& families)
Lori Roberts, Community
Support Consultant
Sara Sutherland, Community
Support & Outreach Consultant
Catherine Janusz, Kaleen
McNamara, Elaine Smith
Reception and Administration
Sue Irwin, Vancouver Coastal
Regional Coordinator, CCRR
Programs, is located in our
office.
Sad but true! Our old CCRR drinking bottles may contain Bisphenol
A (BPA) polycarbonate. Due to concerns outlined by Health
Canada, North Shore CCRR recommends these bottles NOT be
used for drinking. However, there may be
other creative uses for these such as:
vases, storing art supplies, sand play, water
play, etc. If you have one of these bottles,
please consider getting another bottle for
drinking and using this one for something
else.
We still have a supply of the old bottles at
the office and they are free for the taking for
non-drinking uses. Each bottle is affixed with a sticker outlining
the warning and suggestions for use. If you are interested, please
come by the office or talk to a CCRR staff member. Thank you.
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Child Care Subsidy Reminder
Just a quick reminder for child care subsidy families and
Registered LNR child care providers. If a child care provider
becomes registered with the CCRR, the parent should call the
child care subsidy line to inform them. They will be asked to fill
out a new Child Care Arrangement Form. Likewise, if an LNR
child care provider is no longer registered with the CCRR, the
parent should call the child care subsidy line and notify them of
this change.
Child Care Subsidy: #1-888-338-6622
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WHEELS
The WHEELS project brings mobile support to
families of young children across the North Shore.
Support comes in the form of child care subsidy
information, early learning activities, parenting miniworkshops, and health and wellness resources.
On many occasions, WHEELS will bring
specialists such as dental hygienists, early
childhood educators, settlement workers, and
nutritionists to a central location in isolated
neighbourhoods.
Making use of a large, well-equipped and colourful van, WHEELS also visits existing North Shore
Drop-in, StrongStart and Parent Child Mother Goose programs, libraries, shopping malls,
community centres, resource fairs, parks, housing developments and food banks. The WHEELS
coordinator can also arrange “one-time visits” to meet specific needs and interests in a particular
neighbourhood.
The WHEELS project is funded through Success by 6 and the United Way, and supported by the
North Shore Community Resources Society.
For more information about programs and schedules, please contact the WHEELS coordinator at
604-985-7138.
“After School is Cool” Fair
for School-aged kids, parents and families:
Capilano Mall
Saturday, September 20, 2008
12:00 noon - 4:00 pm
A great opportunity to find about out-of-school time activities and
opportunities from the people who provide them on the North Shore!
Out-of-School Care
Recreation
Sports
Theatre, Music, Art
Technology
Lots of fun things to try, to watch and to see
Middle Childhood Matters is a United Way of the Lower Mainland
project that supports the health and wellness of children 6-12 years old,
particularly in their out-of-school time.
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Child Care Resource Program Library News
We have been very busy adding new resources to our CCRR library and our equipment
lending library. We have many new activity boxes for loan and have increased our lending time
to 4 weeks.
If you have a young science fan our new science boxes are sure to
be a hit! We have added a Magnet Box, a Measuring Box, a
Water Box, and an Earth Box. The Earth box is a great addition to
any discussion about the environment and so is our newly improved
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle box which now comes with a Garbage
Works version of the ever popular My Little Sand Box Play Set.
Looking to borrow something smaller than an activity box? We now
have individual items for loan such as the skipping rope bag which
comes with Anna Banana Jump Rope Rhymes and 4 skipping
ropes. We also have a puzzle rack with individual puzzles for loan.
Come and check out our new selection of board books. Great for
the little ones in your care! Some of our new titles are…
Farm Peekaboo!
I Love My Mommy.
Global Babies.
Peek-a-Baby.
Boom Boom Beep Beep Roar!
Peek-a-Who?
Yum-yum Baby!
Our library has also added a copy of the beloved Raffi CD “Baby
Beluga” complete with a board book version of the song. Well timed
with the birth of our very own baby beluga at the Vancouver
Aquarium!
Looking for ways to make story time more exciting? Struggling to
find the time to make new felt stories? We can help! We have a
great collection of felt stories and have been busy this summer
adding new ones such as…
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Stone Soup
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Music and Movement is also a great addition to any circle time. Your
children will love moving and grooving to the catchy tunes on the
new Bare Naked Ladies children’s CD “Snacktime”, which comes
complete with an illustrated book of the lyrics.
With more and more immunizations available for children today
many of us have questions. Does my child need all these shots?
Are vaccines safe? Do they really work? Are there side effects?
Find the answers in our library’s latest edition of Ronald Gold’s book
“Your Child’s Best Shot”.
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Do you provide or receive early
intervention services? If so, the
newly expanded and revised
edition of “The Early
Intervention Dictionary” is an
excellent resource. This book is
a valuable resource for families,
caregivers and professional’s
who interact with young children
with special needs.
Over the past few months our
staff has been busy providing
Leap workshops in the
community to promote literacy,
physical activity, and healthy
eating in children. If you have
taken the Leap training and were
interested in bringing some of
the activities into your home or
child care facility we have
resources to support this.
Some of the LEAP Resources
include:
HOP: Healthy Opportunities for
Preschoolers.
MOVE: Move with me from birth
to three.
LEAP, HOP, and MOVE…an
activity box based on the LEAP
principles.
…and many of the children’s
books recommended by LEAP
BC such as Wheels on the
Bus, Puddles, Giraffes Can’t
Dance, We’re Going on a Bear
Hunt, and so much more.
Get moving and come on in to
our office today!!!
Useful Websites:
www.trustparenting.com
Trust Parenting is a new resource for parents that connects
parents with professional, inspirational speakers on parent
education. The website provides information on what to expect
before it happens and gives you the tools to stay connected to your
kids.
www.circleofinclusion.org
The Circle of Inclusion web site is for early childhood service
providers and families of young children. This web site offers
demonstrations of, and information about, the effective practices of
inclusive educational programs for children birth though age eight.
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Child Care Licensing
The Community Care Facilities Licensing (CCFL) Team welcomes
Cindy Devlin, Licensing Officer (LO), back from maternity leave. We
are thrilled to have her return with the added bonus of retaining Dawn Patterson, LO as they will
be job sharing; each working half time. Lori Klepatchuk-Wu is still off enjoying her time with her
baby boy and many of you have had the pleasure of meeting Therese Joseph while she covers
Lori’s position.
Current Licensing Staff Contact Information
Glenda Burrows,
Senior Child Care Licensing Officer
604-983-6803
e-mail: glenda.burrows@vch.ca
Shelley Esau,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-983-6713
e-mail: shelley.esau@vch.ca
Sabrina Sheppard,
Secretary
604-983-6787
e-mail Sabrina.sheppard@vch.ca
Therese Joseph,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-983-6796
e-mail: therese.joseph@vch.ca
Christine Broatch,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-904-6467
e-mail: Christine.broatch@vch.ca
Dawn Patterson,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-983-6795
e-mail: dawn.patterson@vch.ca
Cindy Devlin,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-983-6795
e-mail: cindy.devlin@vch.ca
Kitty Roberts,
Child Care Licensing Officer
604-904-6249
e-mail: kitty.roberts@vch.ca
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Message from the CCFL Team
The CCFL Team would like to take this opportunity to thank our
Licensees and Child Care Staff for their patience and dedication
in working through the changes evoked by the new Child Care
Licensing Regulation brought into Legislation November 2007.
We recognize that the work involved in meeting new
requirements can be daunting and we appreciate your efforts and welcome your questions in order
to assist you in this continuing time of adjustment.
We do keep track of frequently asked questions and as a result are addressing some aspects of
the Child Care Licensing Regulation:
Assistant Status Certificate Required
As per the Child Care Licensing Regulation (2007), Section 27, the Director
of the ECE Registry has the legislative authority to issue an Early Childhood
Educator Assistant Certificate to individuals who meet the following
requirements:
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has submitted an application, available on the website
has completed one of the following courses from an ECE
Registry approved training institution: Child Growth and Development or
Health Safety and Nutrition or Child Guidance
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Director that
the applicant is of good character, has the personality, ability and
temperament to work with children and
has the necessary training and experience and demonstrates the skills necessary to be an
early childhood educator assistant
To apply for the Assistant Certificate, applicants complete an application form and submit it along
with an official copy of their transcript that indicates the completion of one of the three required
courses from an approved training institution. Applicants should be advised that training that is
deemed equivalent to these courses may be considered for an Assistant Certificate. Assistant
Certificates are valid for 5 years and are printed on cream stock with a brown border and a red
seal. Renewal requirements for an Assistant Certificate are:
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The Renewal Application form
A transcript (can be a photocopy) proving completion of an additional ECE course from an
approved training institution
Completion of 400 hours of work in the field of earlychildhood education
Assistant Certificates started being issued in January 2008. In the coming months, all assistants
currently on file with the ECE Registry will be contacted to apply for their certificate which will
replace the Assistant letter. As assistants will now have a certificate they are also able to be
investigated with regard to issues of practice. If you have any further questions regarding the
Assistant Certificate, please feel welcome to contact the ECE Registry for more information at:
ECERegistry@gov.bc.ca <mailto:ECERegistry@gov.bc.ca> or 1-888-338-6622.
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Clarification on the Qualifications for Responsible Adult
Under Section 29 of the Child Care Licensing Regulation, The qualifications for Responsible Adult
are now as follows:
To qualify for employment in a community care facility as a responsible adult, a person must;
a) be 19 years of age
b) be able to provide care and mature guidance to children,
c) have completed a course, or a combination of courses, of a t least 20 hours duration in child
development, guidance, health and safety, or nutrition, and
d) have relevant work experience.
This new requirement for increased training requirements affects Family Child Care Providers and
Responsible Adults working in Group Child Care (School-Age) and Occasional Care.
Licensees must ensure that all existing employees acting as Responsible
Adults meet the new requirement, as well as new employees hired as
Responsible Adults. Documentation of courses completed must be kept in
employee files and be available to the licensing officer at their next visit. If
you’re not sure whether or not courses taken by employees meet this
requirement, please contact your Licensing Officer.
First Aid Certification
Section 23 of the Child Care Licensing Requirements states that: A licensee must ensure that
children have at all times immediate access to an employee who:
(a) holds a valid first aid and CPR certificate, provided on completion of a course that meets the
requirements of Schedule C,
(b) is knowledgeable respecting each child’s medical condition, if any, and
(c) is capable of effectively communicating with emergency personnel.
Under the new Legislation, specific approved first aid courses are no longer identified, however,
Under Schedule E, a detailed list of the specific areas of content that the courses must cover is
available. Refer to your Child Care Licensing Regulation to review.
In addition to ensuring that the course deals with all required skill development, Legislation does
state that an employee must hold a valid first aid and CPR certificate from a course that meets the
following requirements:
(a) the course must offer at least 8 hours of instruction;
(b) the instructor of the course must be certified, by the agency that is issuing the first aid
certificate, to provide instruction in first aid;
(c) the certification agency in paragraph (b) must be the Canadian Ski Patrol, the Lifesaving
Society, the Canadian Red Cross, the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation or St. John
Ambulance of Canada;
(d) the first aid certificate
(i) is issued only after the employee has successfully completed an examination that
includes demonstration and evaluation of the skills relevant to the components described
in section 2 of this Schedule,
(ii) is signed by the instructor,
(iii) expires no more than 3 years from the date of issue, and
(iv) is not renewable unless the holder, before the expiry date, participates in at least 8
hours of further instruction followed by an examination that includes demonstration and
evaluation of the skills relevant to the components described in section 2.
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Policy & Procedures and Records Checklist
While it is good practice to have a comprehensive policy and
procedure manual and maintain complete records, the Child Care
Licensing Regulation requires that the following be maintained:
New Resources
Available through Your
Licensing Officer
• Sneezes and Diseases –
Policy & Procedures
ü Emergency Training and Equipment
ü Fire Drill System
ü Emergency Plan
ü Safe Release of Children
ü Food and Drink to be given to Children
ü Care and Supervision
ü Behavioural Guidelines
Records
ü Employee Records – reminder that Criminal Record
Checks must be renewed every five years now
ü Log of Minor Incidents
ü Children’s Records
ü Care Plans
More detailed information regarding the specific requirements and
corresponding Regulation is available by request from your
Licensing Officer.
health information and fact
sheets for providers in child
care settings – Revised Spring
2008
• Emergency Policy and
Procedure Plan – Guidelines for
Development
• Nutrition Policy and Procedure
Plan – Guidelines for
Development
Once again, thank you for your
patience and continued
commitment to the provision of
child care on the North Shore
and please feel free to contact
your Licensing Officer at their
direct line or general line:
604-983-6700
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Gastroenteritis (“Stomach Flu”) Outbreaks in Childcare Facilities
Twenty-five outbreaks of gastroenteritis (i.e. two or more episodes of vomiting and/or
diarrhea) in childcare facilities on the North Shore have been reported to Licensing over the
last year.
The majority of outbreaks have been either confirmed or suspected to be attributed to the
norovirus or Norwalk-like virus, a type of virus that causes gastroenteritis or ‘stomach flu’.
Norovirus infections are characterized by an upset stomach, vomiting and/or diarrhea, with/
without fever and chills within 12 hrs to 48 hrs of exposure and usually lasts for one to three days.
Norovirus is found in the vomit and stool (diarrhea) of people who are infected.
We spread it when we don’t wash our hands well enough after using the toilet or cleaning up after
someone has been sick.. Also, the virus can spread in the air in droplets that are too small to see. This
happens with vomiting and diarrhea or even with cleaning up afterwards. The droplets can land on our
noses and mouths and infect us, making us sick. The droplets can also land on toys countertops, sink
taps and other common contact surfaces where the viruses on them can live for a long time. The virus
can then spread by getting on our hands and then to our mouths or into things like food, water or ice.
This explains why so many people get sick in a child care facility so quickly.
If you suspect a gastroenteritis outbreak in your facility (i.e. 2 or more children in a particular
group with symptoms of unexplained vomiting or diarrhea), please call Sam Sew, Public Health
Inspector (PHI) at 604-983-6802 or your Licensing Officer immediately.
PHI will review illness information and discuss required infection control measures to prevent further
spread of illness to the children, staff and families.
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Emergency Preparedness for Childcare Facilities
Workshop
Food Safety for
Childcare Facilities
Workshop
Do you and your staff know….
• what to expect during any disaster?
• how to respond before, during and after an earthquake?
• how to identify and reduce hazards inside your facility?
• when and when NOT to evacuate?
• emergency supplies you need including food and water?
Do you know?….
• the do’s and don’ts of
handling, storing and
preparing food for the
children and your
family?
North Shore Emergency Management Office (NSEMO) has
developed a workshop to assist child care facilities in their
planning and preparations for an emergency or disaster.
• how to prevent food
poisoning as a foodhandler
and avoid it as a consumer?
There is currently no charge for the workshop and each
participant gets a gas shut off wrench and valuable emergency
planning resources, absolutely free!!!
Dates: October 14, 2008 at NSEMO 6:30 - 8:30 pm
November 24, 2008 at NSEMO 6:30 - 8:30 pm
NSEMO: 147 East 14th Street, (2nd floor), North Vancouver
Pre-registration is required. Please call 604-983-7440 to register.
Please register promptly as seating is limited!
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Fall 2008 Workshops on Food FLAIR
Food F.L.A.I.R. is a new resource beautifully
designed by Legacies 2010 to help both family and
center-based care providers incorporate fun food
activities into your program.
Workshops will cover: Overview of Canada’s Food
Guide, labelling, fun food-related activities and
games.
Monday November 3, 2008; Wednesday November 12, 2008;
Wednesday December 3, 2008
6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Community Room, #203, Capilano Mall
Register at least one week in advance by calling Dawn Lavender
at 604-904-6279
Facilitated by Margaret Broughton, Community Nutritionist
A free copy of Food Flair will be provided.
Food and Nutrition Resource Boxes
Check out the Nutrition Resource Boxes!
These boxes are full of fun games, props and
books to help you with your food theme activities and
circle time. You can borrow them for FREE if you are a
subscriber with the North Shore CCRR. The boxes are titled
Kids in the Kitchen, Let’s Eat, and Food and Nutrition. The
food models of Mexican and Asian foods are especially popular.
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Next Food Safety Workshop:
Thursday, October 23, 2008
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Daycare Room, North Shore
Neighbourhood House
225 East 2nd Street,
North Vancouver
Fee: $10.00
Cheque payable to
“Vancouver Coastal Health”.
All participants MUST PREREGISTER at least a week in
advance of the workshop by
calling Sam Sew, Public Health
Inspector at 604-983-6802
Please be advised that seating
is limited and that workshops
may be cancelled due to
insufficient attendance.
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NEW
Parent Education
Display
Enhance a parent information
session with this display that
will surprise parents about the
nutritional value of common
snack foods. The display can
be booked by contacting Dawn
Lavender, Vancouver Coastal
Health at 604-904-6279.
CCRR Workshop Schedule & Professional Development
All workshops will take place in the Community Room at Capilano Mall, #203 - 935 Marine Drive,
North Vancouver. Please register by calling Tunde Getaneh at 604-982-3324.
Please advise us if you have registered for a workshop and cannot attend. See our new “No Show”
Workshop Fee policy on page 11.
Creating Safe Spaces
Presenter: Maria Ressel, Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Date & Time: October 16, 2008 6:30 – 8:30 pm
This workshop will introduce participants to the “Safe Spaces” concept.
Supportive Strategies for Guiding Children’s Behaviour
Presenter: Gyda Chud, Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Date & Time: November 6, 2008 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Join us to review, refresh and renew positive approaches for guiding behaviour
and promoting pro-social skills with young children. This dimension of early
childhood is ever challenging, yet remains a key factor in providing quality
programs as we interact with children and their families.
Wonderful World of Boys
Presenter: Christine Broatch, Vancouver Coastal Health
Date & Time: November 20, 2008 6:00 – 9:15 pm
Have you ever wondered: How and why boys act the way that they do?? How
and why they are different than the girls we care for in child care programs?
How to develop a program that will encourage and engage boys? Come and
join us for a fun, interactive workshop that will look at biological, emotional and
physical differences in boys.
HOP (Healthy Opportunities For Preschoolers)
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This is a 3 hour certificate workshop for anyone working with preschool aged children.
This workshop is an initiative through LEAP BC which is part of 2010 Legacies Now.
Come to this active and energetic morning ready to HOP and LEAP!
(Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes.) All participants will
receive a resource manual which is clearly illustrated. It includes
approx 60 fun, safe activities that encourage both reading and physical activity, as
well as lots of poems, rhymes and links to books.
Presenters: Christine Mann and Tunde Getaneh
Date & Time: Saturday December 6, 2008 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Register: Please call Christine or Tunde at 604-985-7138
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CCRR program presents workshops based on client requests and identified need. We cannot guarantee that
our workshops will meet the requirements of the ECE Registry. It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure
they have sufficient and acceptable professional development hours for ECE renewal.
Emergency Child Care First Aid & CPR -
Safe and Sound First Aid
Dates & Times: Saturdays, September 13, October 4, November 1, December 13 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Is it time to take or renew your First Aid certificate? Complete this Red Cross First Aid Certificate in one
day. NOTE: Registration and payment for all First Aid courses hosted by NSCCRR is now handled
directly through Safe and Sound First Aid. (www.firstaid.citysoup.ca). (For registrants without home
internet access, phone 604-945-7277 and Safe and Sound staff will be happy to take your registration
info by telephone.) A manual & certificate will be issued. Cost: $85.00 + GST.
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Other Professional Development Opportunities
Good Beginnings:
An Introductory Family Child Care Course
We are pleased to offer the Family Child Care Course in room 203 at Capilano Mall.
It will take place on six Saturdays from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm (September 20, 27,
October 18, 25, November 22, 29) and one Saturday from 10am - noon (November
8th) for a Licensing Orientation. This 36 hours certificate course is recognized by
Community Care Facilities Licensing.
Cost: $ 290.00 (including all course materials)
For more information and to register please contact Christine Mann by phone: 604-985-7138 or email:
christine.mann@nscr.bc.ca
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Key Elements of School Age Child Care
30 Hours Introductory and Refresher Course for those working with school
aged children. This course will meet the new Child Care Licensing
requirements for the staff category of Responsible Adult.
Cost: $210.00
Presenters: Erin Scheepers, Christine Hibbert, Christine Mann
Dates: Tuesdays 6 – 9 pm September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4,
18, 25. Plus 3 hours of centre observation and a 3 hour take home exam.
Register: Please call Christine Mann at 604-985-7138
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“No Show” Workshop Fee
We have a great demand for attendance at our CCRR workshops. With the recent Licensing
requirements for professional development, this demand has increased. Each workshop has a
participant limit that either the room can comfortably hold or that has been determined by the presenter.
We usually have a wait list for workshops.
Though we require pre-registration for workshops, unfortunately, we are experiencing a number of
“no shows” at each workshop. This is unfair to those on a waitlist. This has been in increasing issue
over the past year that we feel we need to address. After consulting with a number of other CCRR
programs, we have decided to implement a “No Show” fee and attendance policy.
There will be a $5.00 fee for anyone who registered for a workshop but did not show. This fee
must be paid prior to attending another workshop.
If someone is registered for a workshop but unable to attend, they can send
a replacement. Notification of this change must be made in advance to revise
the registration.
If someone is not able to attend, they can avoid the fee by notifying the CCRR
by 4:30 pm on the Tuesday preceding the Thursday workshop. CCRR staff
will then have time to contact people, in order, on the waitlist.
If a person on the waitlist takes the vacated spot and doesn’t show, the same “No Show” fee applies.
We will add this information to our website in the Workshop section and in our workshop registration.
We will give this a process a trial period and hope it solves the problem. We have kept the fee to a
modest $5.00 so that it will act as a reminder and not a barrier to future attendance. We don’t want to
restrict access to workshops but rather encourage consideration for everyone in the demand for
professional development.
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Other Professional Development Opportunities
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
2772 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5M 1Y8
Tel: 604.709.5661 Fax: 604.709.5662
Toll free 1.877-262.0022
www.wstcoast.org
Training to be a Responsible Adult in Child Care
Setting
NEW 20 hour course this fall: Are you looking for a course to meet
the new training requirement for Responsible Adults in child care
settings?
7 sessions on Thursday evenings, 6:45 – 9:15 pm
October 25 – November 27
Course Fee: $160
This course will cover:
1.
Child development from birth to 12 years of age
2.
Child guidance
3.
Health and safety
4.
Nutrition
5.
Basic programming
Call 604-709-5661 to reserve your seat at the information session
on Thursday September 25 (7:00 – 8:00 pm).
ESL for Family Child
Care Providers
• Are you a Family Child Care
provider?
• Did you take your family child
care training in a language other
than English?
• Do you want to speak better
English?
• Do you want to feel more
confident running your family
child care business?
Vancouver CCCRR is offering a
NEW course to help family child
care providers improve their
English vocabulary, grammar
and speaking skills.
8 weeks - Tuesdays and
Thursday evenings, 7 – 9 pm
October 14 – December 4
Course Fee: $150
Staff Training
Are you looking for high quality training for your staff team?
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre can help. Westcoast
provides an excellent 2 hour professional development experience
and participant handouts and certificates of completion. Longer
sessions negotiable.
Topics: Supporting Children’s Positive Behaviour, Festivals of Light,
Inclusion – What does it mean?, Developmentally Appropriate
Guidance for Infants & Toddlers, Working Through Tough and Tender
Issues with Families, Beyond Collage, YOU Are IT! The Most
Important Factor in High Quality Programs For Young Children, The
How’s & Why’s of Hiring and Supervision, Supporting Literacy for
Preschool aged Children, This Has To Stop!
Do you have a different topic in mind? Tell us what you need.
Fees: $30 per participant
($300 minimum) plus instructor
mileage at 45 cents/km
You arrange the training space, take registrations, provide
refreshments if needed, offer logistical support to the instructor and
pay the invoice from Westcoast.
To request a workshop call Nora at 604-709-5661 Ext 245
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Western Canada Family
Child Care Association of
BC (WCFCCA) is a
professional organization of
Family Child Care
Providers. They promote,
support and advocate for
quality, inclusive care.
WCFCCA is hosting a
Provincial Family Child
Care Conference “Hand In
Hand” in Richmond, BC
October 3 – 5, 2008
Please check their website
for details: www.wcfcca.ca
New CCRR Subscription Category for Group Child Care
We would like to introduce an Enhanced Workshop category of CCRR Subscription for group child care.
This will simplify fee collection for our program and provide a great benefit for group child care providers
whose staff members regularly take advantage of our workshops.
Currently, our group child care rate is $50.00 per year per location (if a group child care has multiple sites,
it is $50.00 per site). Each $50.00 subscription allows 3 people from that location or site to attend each
CCRR workshop provided during the facility’s subscription year. There is a $10.00 charge for each additional
person from that site to attend a workshop.
We know that several group child care facilities have a number of programs at a single location or site with
a number of staff members. For an additional $25.00 ($75.00 per year per location or site), the new
Enhanced Workshop category, allows an unlimited number of staff members from that site (multi-programs)
to attend workshops. This means if only 3 additional staff from one site, over the 3 currently allowed with
the current $50.00 fee, attend one workshop (3 x $10.00 = $30.00), they will have paid out more than
paying an extra $25.00 per year for an unlimited number of staff from that site to attend as many workshops
as they wish during the subscription year. This is a very good deal and simplifies our money collection for
individuals attending workshops.
This enhanced category only applies to workshop attendance. Each site will continue to receive one
CCRR newsletter and have one contact person for library and equipment loan.
We always get great attendance at our CCRR workshops. With the new Licensing regulations for
professional development, the demand for workshops is increasing. We will provide as many workshops
and training opportunities as our funding and staffing will allow and we are always looking for opportunities
to collaborate with other agencies in the community for this.
The new Enhanced Workshop category for group child care will begin in September 2008. If your
centre is interested in this new category and recently renewed your subscription, please call Fariba
Aghdassi at 604-982-3314 or via e-mail at Fariba.Aghdassi@nscr.bc.ca.
Please take advantage of this new opportunity and we look forward to seeing you at the
workshops!
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Is Your Group Centre Losing Out on Workshop Attendance?
We have several group child care facilities that access our services with an Individual Subscription (one
person only). An Individual Subscription costs $20.00 per year and allows that individual to attend as
many workshops in their subscription year as they wish. However, any other staff member from that
centre, if they are not also an individual subscriber, pays a $20.00 non-subscriber drop-in rate to attend
each workshop.
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Centres that have more than one or two staff
may be losing out on workshop attendance or
paying a $20.00 per workshop drop-in rate for
additional staff members. It would be much
more cost effective to subscribe with the group
rate of $50.00 annually. This allows 3 staff from
each location to attend as many workshops as
they wish during the subscription year.
You do the math – a Group Subscription
makes sense for economical professional
development for your staff.
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Family Child Care Networking
We are coming back into the Community Room for these meetings.
This fall I have lined-up a great variety of guest speakers:
Licensing (clarification on current licensing regulations), District of
North Vancouver (Bylaw Regulations and Accessible Child Care),
Tunde (Subsidy) and Virginia (Parent Referrals)
Our Network Meeting dates are:
Monday September 15th, 2008 – 7 pm
Monday October 20th, 2008 – 7 pm
Monday November 17th, 2008 – 7 pm
In December we will have a Christmas Celebration. The day and
time are still to be determined.
Welcome to our
Newest Family Child
Care Providers !
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LNR Family Child Care (LNR)
Mother Goose for Child Care Providers!
Always Be Caring – Lori
Barnes
We are happy to announce that we are able
to continue to provide the community with
this fun morning activity in North Vancouver
and West Vancouver. Come and bring all the
children of your care and enjoy an hour of
song, dance, rhymes and finger plays and a
great snack time for socializing.
No registration is necessary, just show up! If you have any
questions call Christine at 604-985-7138
North Vancouver: Friday mornings 9:45 to 10:45 am
St John the Evangelist Anglican Church
220 West 8th Street (Chesterfield and 13th Street)
Kare Bear – Karine Buffat
Amir’s – Batool Parvian
Apple – Rozita Massihzadeh
Jasmine – Marjaneh Mirkamali
Day & Night – Lynne Figgess
Westview – Tahmineh
Rassolzadeh-Mehrabani
Licensed Family Child Care
(LFCC)
Amy’s – Amy Seymonds
West Vancouver: Day of the week TBA 9:15 to 10:15 am
Westcot Elementary School
760 Westcot Road
Monica’s Place – Monica Senn
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Elsa’s LFCC is NOW Elsa’s InHome Multi-age Care - Elsa
Carter
Circle of Care is a fun drop-in program for children and their
care providers to meet and play once a week. Whether you are
a nanny, family child care provider, grandparent, aunt or uncle,
this is a wonderful setting for you and the children to network,
play and socialize. We start with free play including an art
activity, and end with a circle time that includes songs, rhymes
and a story.
Nena’s LFCC is NOW Nena’s
In-Home Multi-age Care – Nena
Viskovic
Come join our growing group Tuesday mornings
from 9:30 to 11:30 am, in the Family Resource
Room at John Braithwaite Community Center
@ 145 West 1st Street in North Vancouver.
Circle of Care is CLOSED on Tuesdays after
a Monday holiday. For more information
please call Tunde Getaneh at 604-982-3324
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Changes
Changes to Criminal Records Checks
Changes were made to the Criminal Records Review Act at the beginning of this year.The major
change is that all criminal record check authorizations are now to be provided every five (5) years.
In simple terms this means you will have to redo your criminal record check every 5 years, even if
you are still with the same employer or running your own (family) child care. For Family Child Care
providers, this is also true for all others living in the home who are 12 years of age or older.These
criminal record checks are to be performed by the Criminal Records Review Branch in Victoria and
NOT at your local RCMP station. The record search has now expanded to 62 offences (compared
to the previous 56) and now also includes offences outside Canada.
Please keep in mind, that if child care providers and administrators do not comply, Licensing and
the CCRR registry have to respond. A child care provider must not work with children unless the
criminal record check authorization is current.
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My Thoughts on the Code of Ethics
Looking at the Code of Ethics for Early Childhood Practitioners (published and distributed by the
Early Childhood Educators of BC) the question arises, whether my understanding and
interpretation of these statements is the same as everyone else’s. Or is it not?
During the Ethical Journey workshop series it was clear, that nobody really reads the same
statement the same way and that we all have our own interpretation of words, according to our own
values (things we hold to be important) and beliefs (things we hold to be true).
As you may already know: our own values and beliefs come from our past… our culture, our
upbringing, our education, our experiences. As no other person ever has had the same past and
set of circumstances in their lives, we all have our own interpretation of the Code of Ethics.
Also how well do we know this Code of Ethics? Oh yes, I remember them from College, but then at
that time, did I have the experience to actually understand each statement? And, now many years
later, how has my experience
changed my understanding?
I like to share these thoughts
with you and invite you to
revisit the Code of Ethics. In a
team meeting, discuss how
you are already applying each
statement. Review what
makes it difficult or easy and
why. Notice whether you
encounter conflicts with your
own personal values or
whether it is really easy to
apply. Try to identify why.
Hopefully you can make time
to reflect on your center’s
philosophy, the Code of Ethics
and your professionalism on a
regular basis.
West Vancouver Family Place
Adventure Playground Building,
Ambleside Park, 604-925-7141
“the cabin in the woods”
West Van Family Place offers a drop-in program
for children ages 0 - 5 with a parent or caregiver.
Open Monday to Friday, 9-12 and also from 1-3 on Tuesday starting
September 8, 2008.
We invite you to join us to play, make new friends, try new activities,
and access information about parenting.
Experienced, capable staff will make you feel right at home as soon as
you arrive at Family Place. Your children will be delighted with the
interesting activities and warm environment.
Meeting the needs of parents, grandparents, caregivers and young
children.
Christine Mann
Drop-in Fee $3
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ACTIVITIES
With September comes fall and a change of season. With the change of
season comes a change of activities. This time I am sharing circle time ideas
I found on a web page and indoor activities, which you might want to try. I
also included ideas how to make bird feeder activities interesting for different
age groups. I am always interested to hear of your success stories and
activities which receive a great response with the children. Please email me
your stories, songs, finger plays or activities and we can share them in the
next newsletter. Christine.mann@nscr.bc.ca
A LITTLE MATH, A SONG AND MOVEMENT: I did this with my three and four year olds last
year and they loved it. We use mats for rest time. I had them line their mats up in a row very
close to each other and lay on them. (Make sure there is room at the end.) We then sang “10 in
the bed”. As we sang, “roll over, roll over” they - you guessed it - all rolled over and I
then took away the first mat. I had more than 10 children so we actually sang “15 in
the bed”. Whatever the number, it worked fine. At first some had trouble just rolling
onto one mat, but they quickly got the idea. Have fun!! We did.
CIRCLE TIME SONG CUBE: Create a large cube by sliding
two square boxes together. Food club double cereal boxes work well.
Cover the cube with contact paper. On a piece of paper that fits on one
side of the cube write the name of a song or finger play. Add a picture so
the kids will recognize the song. Do this for all six sides of the cube. At
circle time I have the kids toss the cube and whatever song it lands on is
the one we sing. I change the songs each month to correspond
with our theme. The kids love this and they learn the songs
quite well by the end of the month.
For every mood and every situation we ever encounter there is a piece of music
that fits how we are feeling. To emphasize this and build on creativity I often
have my students listen to a piece of music and as they are listening draw what
they feel. Sometimes it is just lines that rise and fall with the pattern of the
music. Other times a specific vision or theme. With very young children I have
them tell me a story about the music.
At circle time every morning, during CALENDAR TIME, these are songs may be sung with the
children in order to introduce them to the concept of days and to further enhance their
knowledge of numbers. With younger children (2-4), it goes: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday too. (Holding up the number of fingers you name),
continue: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven days, Each day’s different and every day is new.
For older children (4-6), in the ABCs song tune, sing: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Seven days are in a week, Twenty four hours in a day, Now, I know my
days and week, Next time, I will learn some more.
Further activity: you may ask a child to sing the day song and stop on the day you are presently
on. This helps associate the song to real days and they can always refer to the song to know
which day they are on e.g. Yesterday was Monday, today is ______ tomorrow will be ______
child may quickly refer to song to know what today is and what tomorrow will be.
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FEEDING OUR WINTER FRIENDS
Every day the world of nature changes around you and the
children in your care. Have you noticed nature when you are
outside on a walk? Riding a bicycle? Riding in a car? How many
trees can you identify? How many birds and other animals do
you know? What is the weather like? How do we feed our
winter friends?
For all the food and comfort we’ve provided to the birds and
other creatures, it’s clear that we are the ones who reap the
greater benefit from the arrangement. For the price of a few
sacks of seed, shared table scraps, and the small effort put
into these simple craft projects—we gain daily admission to an outdoor spectacle, complete with
aerial acrobatics, comic relief, and an original score that only nature could provide. Below are a
few ideas to turn your backyard or nearby park into a fun nature spectator sport.
A SPECIAL TREE FOR CREATURES WE LOVE (Baby and Toddler)
This project turns your old holiday tree or a small outdoor shrub into a gift for birds and other
small creatures. Set up your tree where babies and toddlers can observe it from a window.
Young children will enjoy watching the animals feed daily. To keep it standing upright, use a tree
stand or make one by nailing the wooden boards in an X to the bottom of the tree, hammering
through the wood and into the trunk. Dress up your “tree feeder” with either of the following
edible ornaments below or others you design:
Cheerio Chains—Wrap tape on one end of a long length of yarn. Tie a knot with a
Cheerio on it at the other end. Demonstrate how to string the chain by sliding a
Cheerio (or any “O” shaped cereal) over the tape (needle) and dropping it to the
bottom. Invite your children to help you until the entire chain is strung. Drape
these chains around the tree.
Orange Slice Ornaments—Poke a hole with a plastic straw at the top of each
orange slice. Thread with raffia or ribbon and tie each slice to a branch.
SIMPLE GIFTS YOU CAN GIVE (Preschool +)
Learn which birds and small creatures are likely to be visitors to feeders during the winter
months. Invite the children in your care to make simple edibles and discuss what you can do to
make the outdoor creatures comfortable.
First take your children on a walk and let them collect items that a bird
might use to make a nest, such as twigs, leaves, grass, cotton, and pieces of
string. After the walk, let them fold down the sides of a brown bag to
make it lower. Place the objects inside and place the bag
outside for birds and other small animals to visit and obtain
cozy materials for nest building.
Next, help feed our outdoor creatures with fun
edibles you make together. Take stale bread and have
your children cut shapes with cookie cutters. Invite
them to spread peanut butter on the bread with a plastic knife and then
sprinkle on birdseed. Poke a hole at the top with a plastic straw. Thread
with raffia or yarn. Together decorate the outdoor bushes and low trees
branches with these “yummy” decorations.
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Sign Up!
A Communication Tool for Administrators of Child Care Programs
It was suggested that we create an internet forum so that child care administrators could chat, post
information etc. Here are the details:
To create a FREE account the link is https://www.google.com/groups/
signin?cd=CA&hl=en&ssip=g3&_done=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.ca%2Fgroup%2FCCAdministrators%2Ftopics%3Fhl%3Den.
Once you have created an account you can post a comment, question, etc. The link is:
http://groups.google.ca/group/CC-Administrators
You are welcome to view the postings at anytime whether you’ve created an account or not.
Committees, Committees and more Committees
Staff at the CCRR sit on a number of committees. As the Municipal Child Care Consultant I take
part/speak on behalf of Child Care at a number of tables. Below I am providing a brief description of
them (some are self-explanatory).
1.
WECAN is our North Shore’s Early Childhood Planning Table. There are approximately 50
people who sit at that table, all of which work with families and their children 0-6 years of
age. Anyone with an interest in this area is welcome to attend.
Two subcommittees of WECAN that I participate in are the ECE-Kindergarten Teacher
Connections and the Aboriginal Engagement Committee.
2. North Shore Child Care Planning Committee. Its mission is to provide a structure that
promotes collaborative planning for child care issues on the North Shore. Membership is
made up of child care providers, Social Planners from the three
municipalities, school district representatives, Child Care Licensing,
Capilano University ECE, Supported Child Development, and MCFD.
3. Early Learning Foundations (ELF) Advisory (School District
#44). The Advisory group makes recommendations regarding ELF
programs to the School District Superintendent.
4. Capilano University (formerly Capilano College) ECE Advisory.
5. North Shore Early Childhood Conference Planning Committee.
6. Lower Capilano Partnership Committee.
7. West Vancouver Child Care Working Group. Set up to provide child care
recommendations to council.
If you would like more information about any of these committees please email me:
maria.morisseau@nscr.bc.ca.
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Mark your calendars! ADMINISTRATOR’S MEETINGS bringing together
administrators from group child care programs across the North Shore to network and
share information. Presenters focusing on specific topics are occasionally invited. Cofacilitated by Maria Morisseau, North Shore Child Care Resource Program and Shelley
Esau, CCFL, Vancouver Coastal Health, North Shore. Please contact Maria at 604985-7138 local 122 or by email maria.morisseau@nscr.bc.ca for further details. Dates:
October 15, 2008, February 18, 2009, May 20, 2009. 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Room 203,
Capilano Mall
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School Readiness
Emotional development – a strong sense of trust,
security, confidence and self-esteem – is the
foundation for learning and growing.
Social competence – making friends, sharing, turn
taking, cooperation – is identified in all research as
a critical factor for school success.
Language development – vocabulary building,
rhyming, oral communication, listening – is identified in all
research as a prerequisite for academic success.
“Readiness” involves 3 key factors:
1) The task at hand makes sense to the child
What Children
Need to Learn
Before
Kindergarten
2) The task builds on prior accomplishments and learning flow
3) The child demonstrates a real and visible interest in the task
and in the next steps
Readiness goes hand-in-hand with
developmentally appropriate practice
Remember:
It takes 180 hours to teach a 4 year old
to tell time
It takes 1 hour and 10 minutes to teach
a 6 year old to tell time
It takes 10 minutes to teach a 7 year old to tell time
“There is absolutely no evidence that formal instruction at an
early age has any lasting academic advantage”. C. Eberts
Pushing and pressuring a child is only counterproductive to
successful learning.
Young children learn best through play because it is meaningful,
engaging, interactive, interesting, and enjoyable.
Play based curriculum provides endless literacy and numeracy
opportunities on an hourly and daily basis. Let us learn to “count
the ways” at this time when play is under siege.
Reprinted with permission from the
author, Gyda Chud.
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To play and imagine.
To pay attention to
others.
To imitate others,
verbally and physically.
To understand and use
language.
To make friends.
To initiate and make
choices.
To function
independently and ask
for help.
Information provided by Sunny
Hill Health Centre, Vancouver
Volunteering
Child Care Referrals
The mandate of the Child Care
Resource and Referral program is to
promote programs that enhance the
quality of life for children and their
families. CCRR offers many helpful
services to residents of the North
Shore ranging from finding child care
providers to subsidy application help
to housing a resource library.
There are many reasons to get involved or encourage someone
you know to get involved with the Child Care Resource and Referral
program. A variety of volunteer positions are available within the
network for anyone who is interested.
CCRR is open to anyone wanting to learn more about children and
child care which makes it a great place for students wanting to get
into the field of childcare to get involved and get some practical
experience. In addition, the contacts made can be used to help
with assignments and questions. It is a way to get a foot in the door
and learn more about what is involved in this exciting and ever
changing career path.
Volunteering in general is fulfilling but the one thing that makes
working with children so special is that you are helping to make a
difference in their lives by helping bring awareness of their needs.
Even if it means not working directly with them, you are helping by
making people who are in close contact with them more aware. A
lot of older adults, once retired, are looking to help out and
volunteering with a child care service is one way to keep in it and
stay up-to-date while working around one’s own schedule.
A benefit of volunteering is a way to give back to the community
while helping to create a more positive and nurturing neighbourhood.
Furthermore, the networks created are great for sharing information
with other people in hopes of helping them.
These are all wonderful reasons to get involved with the CCRR
program at North Shore Community Resources. Of course, let’s
not forget the most important
motive to get involved:
volunteering is a fulfilling way to
have some fun.
So, if you are interested in
volunteering or know someone
who is, call to find out what is
available and get involved today!
From March 1 – July 31 of this
year, child care spaces were
requested for 471 children. Of
those 471, 39% of the requests
came from families in the
District of North Vancouver,
36% from the City of North
Vancouver, 7% from West
Vancouver, and 18% from
families living outside of the
North Shore. Over the five
month period noted above,
families were provided with a
total of 21,451 facility names
located in 62 different
neighbourhoods.
To help us serve you
better...
Please call if there are any
changes to your program (if
you have a vacancy, changed
your days, hours, or type of
care). We will then make the
changes to our database.
CCRR Extended
Hours:
We continue to have extended
hours Thursday evenings until
8 pm . We will also be open on
the LAST Saturday of each
month: (10 am to 1:30 pm)
October 25
November 29
Closed:
September 27 (NSECE Conf.)
Saturday December 27th.
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