Child Care Pilot Project

Guiding Principles for the Pilot Project

Request for Proposals from Minority Francophone Communities Background Benefits for Communities Guiding Principles for the Pilot Project Enriched Child Care Services Scope of the Pilot Project Responsibilities of Project Manager Responsibilities of the Communities Criteria Application Instructions Evaluation Process Annex A - Evaluation Criteria for the Letter of Intent Annex B - Template for the Letter of Intent Annex C - Organization Chart for a Community

The principles that guide the manner in which the pilot project is carried out are as follows:

• A key lever for promoting the development, and the linguistic and cultural vitality, of minority Francophone communities is to ensure that their children have a good start in life;
  
  
• Parents are the primary educators of their children. They need to be informed to be able to participate best in their children’s learning;
  
  
• Children learn through play. Enriched child care services must draw inspiration from an approach to play activities in which the child learns while playing;
  
  
• Enriched child care services include services for children, parental support and participation, and a partnership between parents, child care providers, family literacy practitioners, and communities;
  
  
• Regional representation of minority Francophone communities is important;
  
  
• Interventions for children and their families must be as homogenous as possible so that the effects of a given intervention can be compared and analyzed; and
  
  
• Choices relating to the implementation and management of the pilot project must respect the integrity of the methodological framework while, at the same time, being respectful of the needs of the children, the families and the minority Francophone communities.