The key elements of quality child care services include a stable workforce that is knowledgeable, experienced, and caring. Early Childhood Educators play a critical role in supporting the development and education of young children in various early learning and child care settings.
Early Childhood Educators create safe, inclusive environments that foster exploration, while helping children develop social and emotional skills. Collaborating with families is key, ensuring parents are partners in their child's growth.
In New Brunswick, Early Childhood Educators adhere to the Early Childhood Services Act and Regulations, engage in ongoing professional development, and participate in children’s learning through the implementation of the province's Curriculum Framework for Early Learning and Childcare, which emphasizes:
- play-based learning to support children's development,
- responsive relationships,
- children’s strengths,
- in engaging environments.
The curriculum framework views children as confident, active learners whose learning, growth, and development are profoundly influenced by the quality of their relationships with people and their interactions with places and things.
