| We are sharing the following message and questionnaire on behalf of Knowing Our Numbers, a collaboration between researchers at the University of Toronto, regional Children’s Services Managers, and the College of Early Childhood Educators. This is the first province-wide survey of its kind. The findings will provide valuable data to inform the workforce strategies governments committed to as part of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care agreements. The results will be shared publicly. We are asking those working in licensed centres and home-based child care, EarlyON centres, Aboriginal Head Start, full-day kindergarten, and special needs resource programs to participate. Your voice, and the voice of every RECE across Ontario matters, so policy makers can better understand, and respond to the professional challenges the workforce faces. If you work as an RECE, a director, licensed home provider, special needs resource teacher, or EarlyON program facilitator, we need to hear from you! We are also asking RECEs to forward this email to their non-RECE co-workers. This confidential and anonymous survey will take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete, and you will then be eligible to enter your name in a draw to win 1 of 5 prizes worth up to $1,000! |
| The survey closes on September 29th at midnight! |