Current Projects
Current projects include:
Employer-Employee Workforce Survey
Project Summary
This project focuses on developing and conducting a
statistically significant employer-employee survey* that will collect detailed,
qualitative HR data on the ECEC workforce. Data will be used to develop
recommendations to address common HR challenges, such as: recruitment, retention
and workforce shortages.
Project Outcomes
1) Collect HR data from ECEC employers and employees, to
identify and document characteristics such as educational background, length of
employment and overall level of job satisfaction.
2) Improve recruitment and retention rates and workplace
stability by:
a) Providing employers with strategies that identify how
specific HR practices can affect workforce outcomes (e.g. duration of
employment, job satisfaction, turnover)
b) Examining the relationship between workplace
characteristics (e.g. size, location, unionization, governance structure, etc)
and retention/turnover rates.
Project Outcomes
This project will provide the sector with data collected
directly from employers and employees across Canada. Project findings will be
beneficial for long term planning and in making informed decisions, and more
specifically, will provide:
- Accurate and up to date labour market data
- Specific data and analysis related to causes of turnover
- Strategies to reduce turnover/increase retention in the
sector
- Understanding of the impact that non-monetary staff benefits
have on job satisfaction
- Unique workforce information and analysis that is not
available from public data sources or administrative data.
Project Activities
- Project Start-up and planning
- Planning for and developing employer-employee survey
- Conducting survey and analyzing data
- Release of project findings
Timeframe: March 2011-August 2012
*This survey will build on data/information collected for
the child care “You Bet I Care” studies, 2000, Centre for Families, Work and
Well-Being, University of Guelph, ON.
Supporting Employers in the ECEC Sector - HR
Toolkit
Project Summary
Recruitment and retention continues to be a challenge for the
ECEC sector. Improving human resource management (HRM) practices can reduce
turnover and improve job satisfaction by up to 20%. The goal of this project is
to:
- provide employers with an HR Toolkit designed to improve
their human resource management skills;
- enhance their capacity to retain staff; and
- improve overall job satisfaction among ECEs.
Project Objectives
- Identify areas where tools should be developed to improve
human resource management practices of ECEC employers
- Develop an electronic HR Toolkit for the ECEC sector that can
be used by employers to improve their HR management skills
- Increase awareness of good human resource management
practices and promote the use of the Toolkit within the ECEC sector
Project Outcomes
This project will result in:
- Increased availability of human resource planning and
management tools for the ECEC sector;
- Increased understanding of the importance of effective human
resource practices and management among employers, post-secondary educators,
and students/the future ECEC workforce; and
- Increased understanding of the impact of non-financial
benefits and job satisfaction among sector stakeholders.
Project Activities
- Project Start-Up: development of project implementation plan.
- Research and assessment of existing HR tools: situational
analysis (literature review, key informant interviews, gaps analysis).
- Development of HR Toolkit: develop final HR tools, based on
research findings, that employers can use to address recruitment and retention
and other HR issues facing the ECEC sector.
- Promote and Release HR Toolkit: develop and deliver workshops
for employers to promote use of the HR tools developed.
Timeframe: February 2011 – May 2012
Communications and Website Update
Project Summary
This project focuses on updating the CCHRSC website and
developing a variety of new communications and outreach products and tools.
Project activities include:
- Re-designing and updating the CCHRSC website, with new
resources and information including:
- the HR toolkit aimed at administrators and employers;
an expanded
listing of ECE courses and programs;
- links to tools and resources early childhood educators can use in their
day-to-day work;
- links to career data and forecasting tools; and much more.
Developing an online community through various social
media such as Linked In, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
- Creating new communications tools, including:
- A series of papers outlining how ECEs, employers,
post-secondary faculty, and policy makers can use, access, and share CCHRSC
resources.
New core presentation on the CCHRSC.
- Developing a video profile series:
- The videos will provide a first-hand glimpse into what it
means to work as an Administrator or Early Childhood Educator in the sector.
The profiles will help to promote careers in ECE and/or help provide
students or potential employees with insight into occupations in the
sector.
Project Objectives
- Connect to new and current target audiences through use of
social media and website.
- Position the CCHRSC as a hub for information and discussion
about the pressing HR issues facing child care in Canada.
- Position the CCHRSC as an organization which provides key
research, tools and planning information for target audiences (e.g. education,
employers, etc).
- Develop an online community to promote and increase
utilization of CCHRSC tools and resources amongst key
stakeholders.
Project Outcomes
- Increased awareness of resources and tools from the Child
Care Sector Council and their usefulness.
- CCHRSC is better connected to target audiences such as
employers, and in particular, better positioned to consult with stakeholders
in the education sector.
Timeframe: April 2011 - March 2012
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