Shelley Crupi is an ECE and president of her union's bargaining unit representing ECEs. She said that higher wages are needed to attract qualified staff.
Lakehead Public School board is in dire need of more Early Childhood Educators , but the president of the local ECE bargaining unit says low wages are making the career a difficult sell.
"Having a salary grid that is comparable to what your education is and and what your qualifications are would really attract people to to the job," Crupi said, "Right now it's it's not attracting many people because of the low wages and they have different prospects that have better wages, better salary."
ECEs work in Ontario kindergarten classrooms with with more than 16 students. The teacher and ECE work as a team, with the ECE providing knowledge of early childhood development while teachers bring expertise in curriculum, learning evaulation and assessment.Cheri Mayes is an early childhood educator in Thunder Bay, Ont., she says the job requires specialized in-demand skills and a college diploma, showing how demanding the job can be.
This involves working toward goals like learning the alphabet and spelling their names, as well as learning how to socialize and manage emotions. She plans how to meet each child's goals in accordance with Ontario kindergarten curriculum alongside the teacher, Mayes said,which often dips into unpaid time on evenings and weekends.
As the national $10-a-day child-care program rolls out, demand for ECEs will continue to increase. If staff shortages are not rectified, the program could be significantly hampered.Ontario to boost early childhood educator wages in bid to ease staff shortage Ministry documents from the start of the consultations show that officials estimate the province could be 8,500 ECEs short by 2026.Riley Dolcetti-Hansen said that many people don't understand what exactly it is ECEs do in kindergarten, and don't get to see the differences they make in student's lives.
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