|
|||||
News Archive28 May 10 Kings County Family Resource Centre is hosting a workshop on "How to Boost Your Relationship with Your Child” Details... 26 March10 "Play Safe Be Safe" workshop in Cole Harbour, hosted by Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency. More info 26 March10 Working with At-Risk Families" with Dr. Rosanne Menna in New Minas, hosted by Kings Co. FRC. More info 26 March10 "Rethinking How We Invest in Health and Education: Why We Need Fundamental Change" with Dr. Clyde Hertzman in Kentville, hosted by Valley Child Development. More info 26 March10 "From Administrator to Innovator" workshop in London Ontario. More info 8 March 10 Join Kingstec for their May Conference May 8th! 23 February 10 Join Burridge for their Spring Conference April 10th! Also, Thank you to everyone who filled out our Needs Assessment/Survey! We will use this information to improve our services! Our 2010 Needs Assessment is now available to download. Please take a moment to print it, fill it out and return it to your nearest Support Centre so we may continue improve our services! 12 January 10 Kingstec's March Tumblebugs workshop has been approved for 2.5 hours of equivalency. page for a list of our fall workshop series. More details to follow later this month in our newsletter. 19 November 09 Burridge will be hosting a Kids Have Stress Too! online workshop, December 2nd. 19 November 09 ECDSC Kingstec now has our very own Twitter feed! Follow us for more news, links and information. 13 November 09 We have added a link to our Links page to Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index. 25 September 09 Kingstec Campus' Grow With Art Program will be holding a workshop October 3rd. More info here. 11 September 09 Kingstec has been able to lower our Tumblebugs prices! 04 September 09 Check out Burridge's page to find out about their fall workshop series! 14 August 09 Visit Kingstec's page for our new fall newsletter! Also, NSCC's Fall ECE course listings are now up on the ECE Page. 07 August 09 Visit Kingstec's page for a list of our fall workshop series. More details to follow later this month in our newsletter. 09 April 09 Visit the ECE Program page for our new spring rotation for online courses. Most courses start April 27th. 17.03.09 Want to find out about Kingstec news and events quicker? Here are two excellent ways!: 17 March 09 Burridge has updated their Spring Conference information! Check ou the flyer for schedules, workshop information and more! 17 March 09 Kingstec Campus Learning Centre will be holding their flea market April 4th. Click here for more information! Well Beings is the definitive guide to child care in Canada. First published in 1992, the new third edition has been updated with the latest information, evidence and best practices in child care. It s packed with useful forms, checklists, tools and resources, as well as visual clues to alert readers to key points. It is a must for child care centres, agencies and home-based providers, early childhood instructors and students, and public health professionals. With so much information on the daily care, health and safety of children from birth to preschool, it s also an indispensable resource for physicians and parents alike. 02 March 09 Check out Burridge's page for two great new workshops! 24 February 09 Click here for more information on Burridge's Spring Conference coming up on April 4. 03 December 08 In the recent federal election, a majority of Canadians voted for candidates who are committed to building a universal child care system. But, the resulting minority government standings didn't leave much hope for progress. ...More The Institute for Human Services Education is planning to offer a 30 credit hour course, ECE1013 Human Development: Conception to Age 3, in Halifax in January 2009. It will be held on Tuesday nights, 7-10 pm, at Child Care Connection NS. The course will run for 10 weeks and will start on Tuesday, January 13. For additional information contact 902-893-3342 or admin@inst-hse.ca. 18 November 08 Nov. 20th is National Child Day. This is the day when people across the country take the time each year to celebrate Canada’s most precious resource---our children. 27 October 08 Kingstec will be hosting their ECE Appreciations on November 28th & 29th. Check their page for more info and to find out can YOU can nomination someone for the Caring At Work Award! 2 October 08 Canada STILL needs child care Federal Election 2008. Learn more about Code Blue for Child Care. 15 September 08 Human Early Learning Partnership and TheCouncil for Early Child Development is hosting a webconference: Towards a Roadmap for Preschool Children in British Columbia. 10 Septemeber 08 Burridge has lots of upcoming workshops and events! Check out their newsletter and page for more details. 9 September 08 Cumberland Campus is hosting a Fingerplay Boot Camp with Kevin MacKenzie Oct. 18th. 9 September 08 Krista Smith will be the coordinator for the 2008/2009 year at the Cumberland Campus ECDSC. Krista just recently moved back to Nova Scotia after being away for 5 years as a Director/Pre school teacher in Bermuda. 8 September 08 Click here to find information regarding a new parenting group being offered by Child and Youth Mental Health Services. 3 September 08 Click here for information on the Defiant Child Program for Service Providers in Yarmouth. Information and registratino form included in the files. 6 August 08 The N.S. Council for Early Child Developmentand Fairview Heights Elementary School are hosting "Valuing children and families…Supporting the Early Years…Growing community – a Maritime tradition". To find out more, click here. 21 July 08 Kingstec will be hosting a Fingerplay Boot Camp with Kevin MacKenzie on October 16. We are looking for a billet for that night for Kevin. If you are interested in hosting him for the night, please contact Meaghan Forster Raymond. 21 July 08 Burridge will be hosting an Alternate Delivery Orientation Session this August. visit their page for more details. 21 July 08 The coordinators position at the Cumberland ECDSC is currently posted on the NSCC website. It is a term position with an approximate start date of August 10th 2008 and end date of March 31st,2009. You can access the application information directly by clicking on the following link http://www.careerbeacon.com/corpprof/nscc/index.html or by visiting www.nscc.ca and following the links from About Us on the home page. Please pass the info along through your networks! 15 July 08 Click here for more information on "Playing With Story" - a full-day workshop with Margaret Read MacDonald. 15 July 08 Learn about the new program from DCS intended to enhance the ability of licensed child care centres and family home day care agencies to recruit and retain staff here: http://www.gov.ns.ca/coms/families/provider/ContinuingEducation.html 15 July 08 Check out the new website for Understanding the Early Years - Western Nova Scotia. 3 July 08 SpeciaLink’s Early Childhood Inclusion 24 June 08 Loving Care is a brand new series of health education booklets from Nova Scotia’s public health services for parents with children from birth to three years.Go to our Resource links and click on Loving Care in the Early Child Development and parenting section! 16 June 08 Read Cumberland's latest newsletter! 16 June 08 Information on a summer PD opportunity can be found here: http://www.singingenglish.com/scheduled_training/index.php 04 June 08 Read Burridge's latest newsletter! 04 June 08 The Southwestern Region is hosting several events for Child Care Awareness Days. Click here for more info! 04 June 08 Kingstec Campus will host Child Care Awareness Days June 6 at 6pm. Stop by for food and fun! 29 April 08 Child Care Awareness Days are coming up in June….call your local Support Centre or Child Care Connections NS for more information on how you can get involved in your community. 28 April 08 Visit the Burridge page to find information on their Spring Conference to be held May 10th. 21 April 08 Kingstec's Spring 2008 newsletter is now available to view! Visit their page to download it. 10 April 08 Job opportunity in the Yarmouth area for an early interventionist. 10 April 08 Information regarding the Child Care Conference and Trade Show in Dartmouth May 30 & 31 can be found here. 01 April 08 DCS has announced information on the new ECE Assistance Program. Visit their website for more details! 31 March 08 Kingstec will be hosting an Understanding the Early Years info session entitled "Releasing the Research". Visit their page for more details. 25 March 2008 Child Care Announcement from Department of Community Services. 6 March 2008 The First "R"-Relationships presentation by Dr. Jean Clinton at NSCC Cumberland Campus in Springhill. Click here for details. 6 March 2008 Burridge has added a new workshop. Visit their page for more details. 21 February 2008 Burridge has information on a first aid course being offered. Visit their page for more details. 19 February 2008 Visit Cumberland's page for information on 3 new upcoming workshops in Antigonish. Making Science and Nature Part of Your Daily Curriculum, Fun with Music and Movement, and Math and Numbers-More than 1-10. 5 Feburary 2008 ECE Supply teachers wanted: Are you available for supply work in the 16 January 2008 We have added a link to the Council for Early Child Development to our Resource Links page. 14 January 2008 Burridge has new workshops listed! Visit their page for more details. 9 January 2008 Kings County Family Resource Centre is looking for participants for the Family Home Day Care Training Course (levels 1and 2). Contact Tina or Terri at 678-5760 for more information. 8 January 2008 Kingstec's Winter 2008 newsletter is now available to view! Visit their page to download it. 17 December 2007 Cumberland ECDSC has a new die cutting service available. Visit their page for more details. 17 December 2007 Burridge has new workshops for January! Visit their page for more details. Updated: Flyer for the Sensory Integration workshop posted as well as a Resource Directory for the local area. 20 November 2007 Welcome to the new Early Childhood Development Support Centre's website! Tell us what you think! 20 November 2007 Today is National Child Day! Did you do anything to mark the occasion? Visit the CCCF's National Child Day page for more information! 7 November 2007 The Canadian Council on Learning produces an email newsletter entitled Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre. View the November 7 issue here! 6 November 2007 "Doing the online Early Childhood Education course was the best option for me. It allowed me to work, to put my learning into practice on a daily basis and raise my family all while attending school. I had a tremendous amount of support from the faculty at NSCC throughout the process; thanks!" ~ Melanie Smiley, First ECE grad who combined Alternative Delivery and the block PLAR process |
|||||
|
|