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Raising the Bar is a program designed to help families ensure their children are receiving high quality early learning and child care services. The presence of a Raising the Bar certificate is a sign that the program is committed to maintaining provincial regulatory standards as well as local community standards. Raising the Bar was developed and introduced in Hamilton, Ontario to promote and support observance of community standards in:

  • Licensed, Centre-based Early Learning and Child Care programs
  • Licensed School-Age Child Care programs
  • Special Needs Resource Agencies
  • Licensed Home Child Care Agencies
  • Early Learning and Parenting Centres.

Raising the Bar is an Investing In Quality - Early Learning and Child Care Peterborough Community Initiative

Raising the Bar is endorsed and financially supported by the City of Peterborough, Community Services Department, Children's Services.

  • Endorsed by the Professional Development Committee
  • Coordinated and administered by Investing In Quality - Early Learning and Child Care Peterborough Advisory Committee, a Supervisors' Network Sub-Group.

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Early Learning for Every Child Today (ELECT)

 

 

 

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Early Childhood Education Reports and Studies

on this page you will find all local studies related to the ECE field as well as relevant provincial and national reports that support the work of Early Childhood Educators.

 

Child Care Action Network Community Meeting

 

Professional Learning Calendar  

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raising the Bar Project Coordinator: Trish Bucholtz, trishb@raisingthebarptbo.ca   

Professional Learning Coordinator:  Katherine Orgill, katherine@raisingthebarptbo.ca