Our Mission Statement
We are committed to enhancing the early learning and child care workforce.
We are committed to enhancing the early learning and child care workforce.
The Early Childhood Educators Human Resources Council is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to increasing recruitment to the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) workforce and improving retention of qualified early childhood educators by addressing identified human resource issues.
The ECEHRC formed in 2009 to address the findings and subsequent recommendations of the report of the Industrial Adjustment Services (IAS) Committee on Child Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention (2007).
Through the first ten years the ECEHRC focused our efforts on the development of the Introductory Guide to Human Resources Management in Licensed Child Care to address the need for administrative professional learning opportunities identified in the IAS (2007) report. This led to the creation of provincially held workshops which became the basis of CNA’s Advanced Diploma in Administration and Leadership.
In 2019 the ECEHRC released the Examination of Recruitment and Retention Issues within the Regulated ELCC Workforce in NL (2019) that provided a comparison to the baseline data obtained in 2007.
Under the CWELCC Agreement our province negotiated a bilateral agreement which included the development of a wage grid. The ECEHRC obtained funding for a research project that culminated in an analysis and subsequent report on the ELCC Workforce, as well as to begin work on the Early Learning and Child Care Recruitment and Retention Publicity Campaign Project.
Moving forward, the ECEHRC is committed to collaborating with the diverse members and organisations of the ELCC sector in Newfoundland and Labrador to advocate for the current and future ELCC workforce, as per our mandate.
We want to build trust between us and the ELCC community. As such, we align our operations and decision making with four core values.
We advocate for the ELCC workforce to be recognised and fairly compensated for the role
they play as educators in early learning environments.
We believe that diversity within the ELCC workforce is a strength by which we can
collaboratively promote the viable and respected career choice of early childhood
education.
We maintain transparency within our own organisation and within our role in the ELCC
sector as a way to establish the accountability, honesty, and credibility of the work that we
do for the ELCC workforce.
We believe that collaborating with the ELCC community as a whole will strengthen our
efforts in supporting and expanding the ELCC workforce by addressing identified human
resource issues.
Susan Baker has been a frontline ECE in both private and not-for-profit settings for sixteen years. Susan’s experience brings an understanding of the crucial role a supportive and positive working environment plays in establishing a quality ELCC workforce.
Susan is both professionally and personally dedicated to the work of the ECEHR Council, as a mother to one child and three stepchildren.
Gail Brinston has been working as a frontline ECE since 1986. She is also acting co-chair of the CUPE National Childcare Working Group which provides CUPE with advice in advocating for universal, affordable, not-for-profit, regulated, high quality, child care.
A past board member for AECENL, Gail is dedicated to bringing a diversified perspective to the ECEHR Council. When not working she enjoys spending time with her daughter, her friends, and her three dogs Bandit, Razz and Boss.
Lori Chaulk provides quality assurance oversight for College of the North Atlantic’s early childhood education programs and three demonstration child care centres. She is the acting Co-Chair of AECENL, the post-secondary representative for the NouLAB ECE Lab, and a member of the ECE Discussion Group hosted by Memorial University.
When not working, Lori spends time with her granddaughter, and her children, dedicated to being a mirror image of her own Mom.
Valerie Collins has been employed by FCCC, a child care agency that supports and approves family child care providers in Newfoundland and Labrador, for over twenty years. She has worked in the roles of home visitor, Coordinator, and now Executive Director. Valerie brings her years of experience of working in quality regulated early learning and family child care environments to the ECEHR Council.
Valerie is a proud mom of three children and enjoys reading, hiking, and taking her grandpuppy for walks.
Margaret Morgan, acting secretary, brings her diverse background within the charitable sector and her experience with managing the intergenerational program at Chancellor Park to the ECEHR Council. She believes that everyone can make a difference within our ELCC community.
Margaret enjoys spending her free time reading and watching old movies.
Joanne is a former instructor of CNA’s ECE program, as well as past chair of the Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, CCCF, and AECENL, and the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for enhancing the lives of children and families in Canada.
The ECEHR Council’s mandate to strengthen the ELCC workforce ensures that children and their families will be supported. Cherishing her own family is a driving force behind Joanne’s commitment to this work.
Tracy Rose has worked in the ELCC sector for thirty years as a frontline ECE, Program Administrator, and as a Multi-Site Manager. Tracy is a past board member and current member of AECENL, as well as a past member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Coalition.
Tracy’s focus is on collaborating with other members of the ELCC sector and spends her free time at her sanctuary in the woods, her cabin, with her family.
Helen Sinclair is a board member, and past chair, of FCCC, a founding member and past board member of AECENL, and a member of the Minister’s ELCC Advisory Committee. Helen has worked as a frontline ECE, an ECE instructor, a government policy analyst and prior to retirement, Provincial Director of Child Care Services NL.
Helen’s focus is grounded in Canada’s commitment to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child as she has children and grandchildren of her own.
Skye Taylor, a level IV ECE, has worked as a frontline ECE and an administrator in a wide variety of centre-based settings, as a part-time ECE instructor at CNA, and has been employed by AECENL since 2006, including the last few years as the Executive Director.
A past board member for Family Child Care and Connections, she now sits on the ELCC Advisory Committee to the Minister as well as the ECEHR Council. When not working Skye spends time with her husband, two teenage children, and mischievous cats.
Hilary Bartlett is the ECEHR Council’s contact. Hilary is committed to the Council’s mandate of addressing human resource issues in an effort to increase recruitment and retention within the ELCC Sector.
Hilary chose a career as an early childhood educator because she loves to watch children learn through play, and she believes that strengthening the ELCC workforce is a means by which children and families can be holistically supported.
We are committed to listening to the diverse voices of the current and future ELCC community. Your questions, concerns, and opinions are important to us. We appreciate you taking the time to reach out and collaborate with us.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
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