Full-day early learningOverview

Parent/School Council Meeting

• Ministry of Education began phasing in full-day kindergarten in Sept. 2010

• province's goal is to have the FDEL program fully implemented by 2015-16

Full-day kindergarten

Why implement FDEL?

• Ontario investing in the education of its youngest

students to prepare them for future success

– economically sensible to put funding into early years

• FDEL improves early literacy and math skills, providing

a smoother transition to grade 1

• will help more students achieve success at school

• will help create a stronger economy for the future

• has the power to change the lives of children

• over 300 FDEL classes in Peel• 106 Peel schools currently offer FDEL• [insert number] of full-day early learning classes at our school – all kindergarten classes will be full-day

FDEL in Peel

School boards recommended schools to the ministry based on the following ministry guidelines:

• available space

• community need

• impact on existing local child care

• student achievement

• readiness to implement

How were FDELschools selected?

• Certified teachers and registered ECEs will work together in the classroom during the regular school day. • They will complement each others' skills sets to create a learning environment able to adapt to the unique needs of each child.

What is FDEL?

The full-day early learning program has two components:

1. Core component – in each classroom, one teacher and one early childhood educator will work together to help children learn during the regular school day

2. Optional extended day component – before and after school programs led by a third-party provider

What will the program look like?

The ministry has set the class size

standard for FDEL at an average of 26

students on a board-wide

basis—an average child-adult ratio of

13:1

Class size

Through instruction and play-based learning, children will:

• develop socially and emotionally through interaction with their peers and adults• develop their early literacy and numeracy skills• engage in healthy physical activities and the arts

What will children learn?

Curriculum is based largely on the current kindergarten program

FDEL curriculum

• provides children with high quality program

• helps to lay foundation for a healthy, productive life

• increased opportunities to socialize with peers

• helps to develop academic and social skills necessary for school—including early literacy and numeracy skills

How will FDELbenefit children?

• Third-party child care services will provide the extended day component.

• Kindergarten classrooms may be used for before and after school programs.

Before and after school programs

• provides children with high quality before and after school programming

• a lunchroom supervisor will be assigned to every FDEL class – we are currently hiring for these positions

What will the extended hours program look like?

• regular school day portion is part of Ontario's publicly funded school system

• if parents choose to enrol their child in before and/or after school programs, they will pay a fee

Is there a cost?

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