8th Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development
Early Learning in Ontario: From Policy to Implementation
The early learning atmosphere in Ontario includes a number of significant policy changes that have created new opportunities and new challenges. Examples include moving the jurisdictional responsibility for early learning and child care to the Ministry of Education, a new regulatory body for early childhood educators, the expansion of degree programs in early learning, the unionization of early childhood educators and a blend of the teaching and early learning profession.
The 8th Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development addressed how these changes impact early learning professionals and focus on relationships amongst families and professionals that involve practitioners, colleges and universities, professional associations, and government.
Presentations and Panel Discussions
Research to Inform Development of Effective Public Preschool Programs
Presenters: Ellen Frede and Steve Barnett
Panel Discussion: Building Minds for Collaboration
Presenters: Carl Corter (facilitator), Jenny Jenkins, Janette Pelletier, Sue Makin, and Patricia Chorney Rubin
Securing the Future for our Children: Preschool Excellence Initiative
Presenters: Linda Lowther
Panel Discussion: Moving the Vision Forward Through Local Leadership
Presenters: Jane Bertrand (facilitator), Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Anne Biscaro, and Catherine Fife
Closing Remarks and Awards Presentation
Presenters: Michael Cooke and Patricia Chorney Rubin
Workshops
Children, Their Families and Community Supports: What the Research Tells Us
Presenters: Jenny Jenkins and Janette Pelletier
Merging Early Learning Knowledge and Practice: Lessons from the Ground
Presenter: Patricia Chorney Rubin, Early Learning Teams
Partnership Possibilities Through Child & Family Centres: Public Health and Early Childhood Education
Presenter: Sue Makin
Posters
Externalizing Behaviors in Children In-care: The Role of Child-welfare Workers and Foster Families (PowerPoint Download)
By Connie Cheung, Deborah Goodman, George Leckie, Jennifer M. Jenkins, Heather Prime, and Mark Wade
Can we work together? Preliminary findings from an examination of ECE and teacher dynamics in full-day early learning-kindergarten (PDF)
By Ainsley Gibson and Janette Pelletier
What Children’s Sharing can Teach us about their Understanding of Rational Numbers (PDF)
Cate Gulyas, Zack Hawes, and Shauna Kochen
The Developmental Progression of Rational Number Understanding Using the Number Line (PowerPoint Download)
Stephanie Hanson, Diana Chang, Michelle Chee, Niki Dowlat Singh, Allison Musson, and Joan Moss
Tom Goes To School: An Interactive Board Game (PDF)
Melanie Mancini and Jamie Morris
Ecological Determinants of School Readiness: A Longitudinal Study (PowerPoint Download)
Mark Wade, Dillon Browne, Heather Prime, and Jennifer Jenkins
The Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development is presented by:
