#HandsOffFDK #HandsOffFDK
Open Letter to the Ontario Government: Ontario’s current Full-Day Kindergarten model is working well Since 2010, the Ontario government has made the best investment possible for our earliest learners.
The current model for Ontario’s Full-Day Kindergarten (FDK) program, with both a teacher and an early childhood educator in the classroom, provides lasting benefits for children’s reading, writing, numeracy, self-regulation and social skills. The specialized knowledge and skills that the teacher and early childhood educator each bring to the classroom ensure that children’s academic and socio-emotional skills are fostered with support and guidance to best nurture their development and growth.
It’s the kind of start that has been shown to lead to later educational and economic success, higher graduation rates and better social adjustment into adulthood.
Full-Day Kindergarten is universally accessible and makes good economic sense. Multiple studies have shown that there is a significant social and economic benefit from this investment in our early learners.
Ontario’s play-based learning model was created by experts based on extensive research of successful early learning programs around the world. Maintaining the current FDK model, including the educator team, class size caps and play-based learning foundation, is critical to ensuring that Ontario’s youngest students get their very best start.
We urge Ontario to continue to invest in our children. Don’t make them pay for government cuts. Signatories:
Sam Hammond, President, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Lorrie Baird, RECE, Executive Director of Pedagogy, Compass ELC
Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
Kimberly Bezaire, Professor/Co-ordinator, George Brown College School of Early Childhood Dr. Jean Clinton, Child Psychiatrist McMaster University
Charles S. Coffey, O.C., Retired RBC Executive and long time, vocal early years advocate
Carl Corter, Professor Emeritus, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto
Pat Dickinson, Ed.D., Retired early childhood, elementary, college and university educator
Lee Ford-Jones, MD, FRCPC, Professor Emeritus, Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Jim Grieve, Assistant Deputy Minister of Education - Early Years Division 2009-2015
Zeenat Janmohamed, Academic Chair, School of Social & Community Services School of Deaf & Deafblind Studies, George Brown College
Magdalena Janus, Professor, McMaster University
Rachel Langford, Associate Professor, School of Early Childhood Studies, Ryerson University The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain
Kerry McCuaig, Fellow Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, OISE/UT
Jim Mustard, Municipal Councillor Municipality of the county of Inverness. Chair of “Raising the Villages - Mawiomi w’jit Mijuwajijk”
Charles E. Pascal, C.M. Professor, OISE/University of Toronto
Stuart Shanker, Professor Emeritus York U, CEO The MEHRIT Centre and Science Director of the Self-Regulation Institute
Harvey Bischof, President, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Chris Buckley, President, Ontario Federation of Labour Diane Dewing, President, Ontario Teachers’ Federation
Fred Hahn, President, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario
Liz Stuart, President, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association
Laura Walton, President, CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU)
Join us to protect high quality public education #HandsOffFDK
Join us to protect high quality public education #HandsOffFDK
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