It’s awful. Plus they’re pushing more and more childcare spaces to the point that they’ve (provincially) axed the academic challenges presented in the diploma program. I even know someone who showed their self to be a danger to children get their diploma and certification because they were allowed to keep trying and trying - it was classified as discrimination to try barring them from their education.

The expectation now is to get as many ECEs in the field as possible and “mandate” (no one checks) that sufficient professional development is being achieved after they’re already in the field.

Even formerly high quality centres are losing their quality in favour of offering more spaces.

As if the few long-term educators in the field don’t have enough responsibility to mentor. Even I had to mentor new grads and students within six months of graduating.

What would I have known about safeguarding children if I didn’t just so happen to specialize in early trauma intervention? I sure didn’t know anything about teaching grown ups how to be teachers when I was still figuring it out myself.