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MCDC is inspired by the work of infant care specialist Magda Gerber.
The level of education for the Director is currently a diploma in early childhood education (Level 3 with Honours), elementary education courses from the University of Lethbridge and several years of experience working both in the classroom as a developmental specialist, preschools, and as a field placement instructor for the ECE program at Lethbridge Community College. The director is also a Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE®) Associate™- one of 2 in all of Canada.
To learn more about the Educaring® Approach visit the website here: www.rie.org
https://www.pialberta.org/taskforce_childcare
https://alberta.childcarenow.ca/
https://cccf-fcsge.ca/get-involved/support-us/advocate/
Live link for subsidy application
https://applychildcaresubsidy.alberta.ca/
Affordability grant live link
https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/cs-affordability-rate-chart.pdf
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Holidays & Closure Dates (2023-24)
July 3 ….. Day in Lieu of Canada Day
July 10-14 ….. Summer closure
August 7 ….. Heritage Day
Sept 1 ….. PD day
Sept 4 ….. Labor Day
Sept 10 ….. Fall kick off (Information coming soon)
Oct 9 ….. Thanksgiving
Oct 20 ….. PD day (City wide CAFRA initiative)
Nov 13 ….. Day in Liew of Remembrance Day
Dec ….. Christmas Potluck (Date to be determined)
Dec 25-Jan1 ….. Dec closure (Back to work on the 2nd)
Feb 19 ….. Family Day
Feb 20 ….. Pd Day
March 29 ….. Good Friday
April 1 ….. Easter Monday
April/May ….. Spring Potluck (date to be determined)
May 20 ….. Victoria Day
May 21 ….. PD day
July 1 ….. Canada Day
July 8 – 12 ….. Summer closure
Aug 5 ….. Civic Holiday
August 30 ….. PD day