CMSM System Planning
To provide recommendations to the municipal service manager (CMSM) based on current legislation, local data, and service priorities that will assist in managing and supporting a coordinated and integrated system for the Child Care and Early Years programs in the City and County of Peterborough.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
To broaden community awareness, knowledge, and respect for diverse community populations that will positively advance equity, diversity, and inclusion while recognizing the systematic inequality and barriers that currently exist. To collaborate, co-ordinate and consult with the community on direct issues related to early learning and care from an inclusion, diversity, and equity perspective. To promote research, guidelines, and supports for best practice that will foster and nurture equity, diversity, and inclusion as foundational pillars to quality service delivery in our early learning community.
Family Engagement
To promote family engagement through collaborative planning and implementation of strategies across the Child Care and Early Years System in the City and County of Peterborough.
Resources
Child and Family Intake Questionnaire
The Family Engagement Committee (FEC) has compiled articles and research on best practices for family engagement in the Early Years. We hope you can use this information to incorporate into your own practice and use it as a tool for self-reflection on how you view and practice family engagement in your professional and personal lives.
Investing in Quality
Investing in Quality working group to champion professional learning that influences best practice with a focus on learning through mentorship. To facilitate meaningful measurement for quality improvements that reflect community needs. To ensure inclusive engagement from our diverse community in planning, management, and delivery of responsive early learning programs, services, and supports for children, families, and educators. To build capacity in our early years workforce through advocacy and collaborative communities of practice.
Knowledge Mobilization
To coordinate, support and advise on research, evaluation and data management activities relating to early childhood development and early years services. To establish methods and best practices for disseminating early-years-specific data and information to community partners and the public across the City and County of Peterborough.
Peterborough Planning Table for Children and Youth
The Peterborough Planning Table for Children and Youth works to collectively plan and provide leadership to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, youth, and their families in Peterborough City and County. The Early Years Planning Network provides regular updates to the Peterborough Planning Table for Children and Youth.