Committees

Professional Development Committee
This committee is responsible for seeking out opportunities to create joint professional development sessions for registered early childhood educators and certified teachers. that are accessible and at a reasonable cost. A primary focus is to continue to respond to the changing professional development needs of the early learning and care sector.

Early Childhood Educators who are interested in planning educational opportunities are invited to join this committee. Interested parties can contact by email at or by calling 905-427-8862 ext. 337.

See the Events and News section for the schedule of monthly workshops.

Supervisor’s Network
This committee coordinates regular opportunities for networking and information sharing among supervisors and assistant supervisors working in Durham Region. Guest speakers provide legislative and municipal updates related to issues that impact on the licensing of child care centres such as water testing, health, playground, or Day Nursery Act changes.

These meetings also provide a forum for raising awareness of issues facing the child care community.

The schedule of meetings can be found in the Events and News section.

Conference Committee
This group is responsible for the planning and implementation of a full day conference held in the fall of each year.

For more information on the conference, please see the Events and News section.

Raising the Bar (RTB)
Raising the Bar is a voluntary accreditation program. The Coalition supports child care operators in the delivery of programs that promote high quality early learning and child care.  The accreditation process is currently being piloted by a group of licensed child care centres that are involved on the coalition.  The participating sites are working through the bronze level of RTB, focusing on quality assurance, best practices, and education and training.