Quality

More attention is being focused on the ECE workforce, with enhanced professional development requirements, more density of trained staff, and enhanced support for wages in the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. In addition, Québec and Prince Edward Island maintain a province-wide wage scale.

Staff practice is guided by curricula for young children designed to tap into their natural curiosity. In most jurisdictions this approach continues into kindergarten. All jurisdictions now have curriculum frameworks with the exception of the Territories, where they are currently in development.

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