Phase 2: Ermineskin pilot

1. Training

1.1. Understanding The Early Years 40 hour course

1.2. 2-4 year old toolbox cards

1.3. Mentorship

2. Rooted in Community Tradition and Culture

2.1. Providing opportunity for families' involvement in culturally relevant activities

2.2. Early Learning opportunities rooted in traditional ways of knowing and being

2.3. Supporting Early Exposure to Cree Language

3. Quality

3.1. Toolbox Cards

3.2. Understanding The Early Years training

3.3. Long term and ongoing mentorship

3.4. Capacity building

3.4.1. Staff

3.4.1.1. Preschool Coordinator

3.4.1.2. Lead Trainer

3.4.1.2.1. Peer Mentors

4. Programming

4.1. Parent and Child Drop in Programming

4.1.1. Parents as Literacy supports

4.1.2. Parents as play partners

4.1.3. Language Nests

4.2. Drop in child care days

4.3. Mobile Learning opportunities

5. January-June 2020

6. June-December 2020

7. 2021

8. 2022

9. Ongoing

10. Self Determined

10.1. EY Leadership committee to inform the direction of Phase 2

10.2. Empowering families to determine their own needs and set their own goals

10.3. Following the First Nations principles, goals, priorities and actions outlined in the IELCC

11. Flexibility and Adaptability

11.1. Breaking down barriers to accessing Early Learning opportunities

11.2. Full-time Childcare at Ermineskin Daycare

11.3. Part-time Childcare at Headstart

12. Wahkohtowin

12.1. Kokum and Mosum's council

12.2. Working to compliment and enhance existing services

12.3. Community engagement

12.3.1. Focus groups

12.4. Partnerships

12.4.1. MESC

12.4.2. MHS

12.4.3. Ermineskin Daycare

12.4.4. Ermineskin Headstart