Dear Members & Friends:
PCPC's Annual Report gives us the opportunity to remark on our many achievements, highlights, and changes that have occurred in our organization. Over the last 31 years of growth and development, like all of childcare, we have managed "change" without losing direction.
PCPC continued to develop their client-based services. PCPC expanded their Professional Development Department and E-bulletins which were distributed to over 2500 centres in the Toronto, Peel, Halton, Durham, York, Simcoe and Muskoka regions. In addition to this large mailing, PCPC also sends out emails with childcare and advocacy information to over 2600 email addresses
Our commitment as an organization is to continue to offer assistance and support to preschools and child care centres. PCPC continually works to keep up with changes and "Best Practices" research in the child care community. This allows us to work collaboratively in finding innovative solutions and being able to provide the best in resources and consultation to our clients.
PCPC would like to take this opportunity to recognize all our staff, our present and past boards, and our incredible member centres for their hard work and support.
COMMUNICATION
Connecting our stakeholders to the childcare community with:
- E-bulletins with issues focussed on parents, staff and
boards, with circulation of more than 2600 emails.
- Networked with MCFCS and municipalities.
- Strengthened our outreach efforts with Provincial,
National and Corporate childcare organizations.
- Expanded and updated our data bases for emailings and
workshops in the Peel, Halton, York, Durham, Toronto, Simcoe, Muskoka and
Grey/Bruce regions
- Website www.pcpctoronto.org - all PCPC members profiled
with their vital statistics.
- More websites created for our members linked to the PCPC
website.
- Continued marketing of liability and staff benefits
insurance packages
- Produced annual Salary Survey (available by email)
- Job postings expanded as an e-posting service
PROGRAM
Dedicated to providing members and nonmembers educational programming:
- AGM Education Night - October 7, 2004 - Rosalie Wysocki
who spoke on Recognition Lifts the Human Spirit.
- Professional Development Consultants' workshops doubled
in the past year and served 3000 families and professional staff.
- Partnership with the Invest in Kids Foundation delivering
"Kids Have Stress Too!" workshops.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Funding and support received from: The Co-operators, Alterna Savings Credit Union, and CEDTAP.
CONSULTATION
- PCPC has experienced tremendous growth as being one of
the leading sources, for both member centres and the child care community at
large, in providing consultation services.
- Successfully shared resources and consulting with all
member centres.
- The Professional Development Department's unique ability
to provide customized professional development and training means PCPC can
meet the specific needs of a variety of clients.
NETWORKS
Provided various levels of information sharing and marketing of PCPC to:
- York Region: Child Care Committee of York Region
Professional Development Subcommittee
- Durham, York, Peel, Halton, Metro Toronto, Simcoe,
Muskoka: all licensed centres
- Child Care Advisory Committee in Metro
- Continued membership in the following:
- Organization for Parent Participation in Childcare &
Education, Ontario (OPPCE,O)
- Parent Co-operative Preschools International (PCPI)
- Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC)
- In Kind Canada (IKC)
- Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA)
- Simcoe and Muskoka Counties Child Care Services
- Katharine Whiteside Taylor Bursary available through
PCPI
SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCE PROGRAM
- Worked with City of Toronto, who funds PCPC Special Needs
Resource Program.
- Served more than over 50 families throughout this past
year.
- Customized workshops for individual centres, ie.
parenting, discipline and social skills.
PCPC, Board of Directors
October 2005
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