How Qualified is Our Workforce?

02/12/2008

How Qualified is Our Workforce?

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
Jimmy Carter

Over the past year there has been a tremendous debate going on about what educational qualifications individuals caring for children in early childhood programs should have. This debate is raging around our accreditation systems, quality rating systems, and licensing requirements. At Exchange, we thought it would be useful to find out our starting point — what are the educational qualifications of our current workforce?

You are invited to add the data on your staff with this week's Exchange Insta-Poll. All data provided is confidential.

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