Information for Parents of Children Attending Licensed Child Care Facilities
Role of the Early Learning and Child Care Consultant
All child care centres and licensed child care homes receive the support of an Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Consultant. The role of an ELCC Consultant is to promote quality child care services and enforce The Child Care Act and The Child Care Regulations, 2015. These pieces of legislation set the standards for licensed care in Saskatchewan.
What does an ELCC Consultant do?
ELCC Consultants provide a variety of supports to your child’s centre or child care home.
Consultants support child care home providers, centre staff, directors, and boards of child care centres to implement best practices in the care and education of your child.
ELCC Consultants support licensed child care centres and homes to implement quality programs.
Consultants also:
complete a licence review annually to ensure that a basic standard of care is in place;
conduct a minimum of two unscheduled monitoring visits per year to ensure licensing requirements are maintained;
attend two board meetings per year for parent operated child care centres, and one parent advisory committee meeting and one board meeting per year at other centres;
address non-compliance when observed or when reports are received; and facilitate grants.
When should I contact the ELCC Consultant for my child care facility?
You may contact your ELCC Consultant for any question you have, or to share information about your child’s program.
Some examples of when you may contact your ELCC Consultant include:
You would like to share strengths and successes you have observed about your child’s program.
You have a concern about the quality of care your child is receiving.
You would like further clarification about The Child Care Act and The Child Care Regulations, 2015.
You have a question about the services offered by Saskatchewan’s early learning and child care program, or would like additional information.
Who is the ELCC Consultant for my child care facility?
Jackie Smith
ELCC Consultant
Early Years Branch
Ministry of Education
8th Floor, 122 3rd Avenue North
Saskatoon, Canada SYK 2H6
Bus: 306-933-7786
Fax: 306-933-7082