Summer Institute 2011 - 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

Open Remarks

Jenny Jenkins and Olivia Nuamah

• Summer Institute 2011 - Welcome and Introduction (Video)
• Welcome to the Summer Institute (PDF)
   

Research to Inform Development of Effective Public Preschool Programs

Ellen Frede and Steve Barnett

• Summer Institute 2011 - Ellen Frede and Steve Barnett (Video)

• Research to Inform Development of Effective Public Preschool Programs (PDF)

   

Panel Discussion: Building Minds for Collaboration

Carl Corter (facilitator), Jenny Jenkins, Janette Pelletier, Sue Makin, and Patricia Chorney Rubin

• Summer Institute 2011 - Building Minds for Collaboration (Video)
• How do we provide children with the skill for collaboration? (PDF)
• Building Minds for Collaboration (PDF)

Securing the Future for our Children: Preschool Excellence Initiative

Linda Lowther

• Summer Institute 2011 - Securing the Future for our Children (Video)
• Securing the Future for our Children (PDF)

Children, Their Families and Community Supports: What the Research Tells Us

Jenny Jenkins and Janette Pelletier

• How do we provide children with the skill for collaboration? (PDF)
• Children, Their Families and Community Supports: What the Research Tells Us (PDF)

Merging Early Learning Knowledge and Practice: Lessons from the Ground

Patricia Chorney Rubin, Early Learning Teams

• Bruce/WoodGreen Early Learning Centre A Toronto First Duty Site (PDF)

Public Health & Early Childhood Education: Partnership Possibilities Through Child & Family Centres

Sue Makin

• Partnership Possibilities through Child and Family Centres: Public Health and Early Childhood Education (PDF)

Panel Discussion: Moving the Vision Forward Through Local Leadership

Jane Bertrand (facilitator), Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Anne Biscaro, and Catherine Fife

• Summer Institute 2011 - Moving the Vision Forward (Video)
• City of Toronto: Service and System Integration (PDF)
• Growing the 18 Month Strategy: A pilot project in a Niagara Falls Family Health Team (PDF)
   

Closing Remarks & Awards Presentation

Michael Cooke and Patricia Chorney Rubin

• Summer Institute 2011 - Closing Remarks and Award Presentation (Video)

Posters

• Externalizing Behaviors in Children In-care: The Role of Child-welfare Workers and Foster Families (PowerPoint Download)
  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)
  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