1. Global Childcare System
France
By: Nicole, Fang, May, Ripple, Sybel, Yijing

2. Agenda
 Introduction –May
 History –May
 Underlying philosophy –Sybel
 Types of childcare setting –Nicole
 Teacher’s training –Fang
 ECE’s roles –Fang
 Availability and accessibility –Ripple
 Program structure –Yijing
 Conclusion -Yijing

3. Introduction
To have a deeper understanding of the
differences between French and Canadian
childcare system.

4. The history/ evolution of service
 Click to edit Master text styles
◦ Second level
◦ Third level
 Fourth level
 Fifth level

5. Comparison to Ontario
France Ontario
 1920:
 1883: The first public
The first public
school kindergarten
school kindergarten  1946: The Day
 1966: The Day
Nurseries Act was built
Nurseries Act was built  1950: Increased in
 1969: Increased in cooperative nursery
cooperative nursery schools
schools
 1960-1980: Canada
 1970-1980: Assistance
Assistance Plan
Plan

6. Underlying philosophy
Both the state and the families have the
responsibilities of childcare
 Respect of childcare
 “Liberty of choice”
Balance between life and work
 Time to care for work
 Time to care for children.
Day care is the right of every child

7. Comparison to Ontario
France Ontario
 Child care is seen as  Optional. Unnecessary as
public responsibilities
public responsibilities  Not necessarily generous
 Generous offer for parental  Not emphasizing readiness as
leave & child care benefits much as France and different
 Emphasize school kind of educationally oriented
model are also
readiness based on Model
preferred
“écoles maternelles” is
highly structured

8. Types of childcare setting
France
La crèche d’enterprise La crèche familial
(the nursery company) (the family nursery)
La école maternelle
La crèche parentale
(the parental nursery) 3 months (nursery
school/kindergarten)
to 5 years
old

9. Child Care Setting
Ontario
 licensed, Child Care Center
-For infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-age children. Include nursery schools, full day care, extended day
care and before and after school programs
 Regulated Family Child Care
-From newborn to twelve years old
 Preschool/nursery school
-Two to six years old
 Early Childhood intervention
-For infants, toddlers pre-school and school-aged children who have developmental challenges or who are at
risk of developmental delays
 Kindergarten
-Pre-Kindergarten , Junior Kindergarten , Senior Kindergarten For 3, 4, 5 years olds

10. Teacher’s trainning
Early Childhood Educator’s Qualification
 Bachelor’s Degree
 One year of study
 Several months of fieldwork
 Master’s Degree
 Professional Oral Examination

11. Comparison to Ontario
Early Childhood Educator’s Qualification
 College Early Childhood Educator Diploma
 Proof of registration with the Ontario College of
Early childhood Educators
 Experience
 Basic skills Requirement

12. ECE’s roles
Focused areas
 Oral language and introduction to writing
 Learning to work together
 Acting and expressing emotions and
thoughts with one’s body
 Discovering the world
 Imagining feeling and creating

13. Comparison to Ontario
Focused areas
France Ontario
 Oral language and  The write stuff
introduction to writing  Talk to me (Teacher)
 Learning to work  Physical gains
together
 Acting and expressing
 Count on it
emotions and thoughts  I'll help myself, thanks
with one’s body  See Spot run
 Discovering the world  Class rules
 Imagining feeling and  Playing it up
creating

14. Availability and accessibility
French National Curriculum
 Starts at age 2 , continues through primary and
secondary education experience.
Rate of access to regulated services
 Accredited daycare providers - 18% of children
0-3 years old.
 Crèche services - 8%
 école maternelle - 35% 2 to 3-year-olds (6-12
years are not available.)

15. Availability and accessibility
Children with diverse need
 France child poverty-8%
 Public crèche system and écoles maternelles
Rate of provision
 0-3 years: parents(64%), licensed childcare(18%),
rèches(8%),etc.
 3-6 years: almost 100%

16. Comparison to Ontario
Canadian National Curriculum
 At the bottom of the heap of all OECD countries.
Access to regulated services
 * Negligible
Provision
 Only 20% of lone
parents and 5% of
disadvantaged groups
are covered.

17. Program structure
Average ratios
 Children 0-2 years: 5:1
 Children 2-3 years: 8:1
 Children 3-6 years: 25.5:1
 Children 6-12 years: not available
Major service types
 Centre-based, public options
 Individual options
 The provider’s home on a regular basis

18. Comparison to Ontario
Ratio
France Ontario
 Children 0-2 years: 5:1  Children 0-1.5 years: 3:1
 Children 2-3 years : 8:1  Children 1.5-2.5 years: 5:1
 Children 3-6 years:  Children 2.5-5 years: 8:1
25.5:1
 Children 6-12 years: not  Children 6-12 years:
available 12~15:1

19. What did you learn today?

20. Conclusion
Based on comparisons, we should remember
and work on the differences. At the same time,
remember the mistakes we've had in order to
learn from it and improve ourselves.

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