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Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision The majority of respondents to the survey, 69.6%, were between 25 and 59 years of age, with a range from under 18 years to over 60 years. Less than 10% chose not to indicate their age. The chart below shows a detailed description of the age range of respondents. Respondent’s Age Range n % 0 – 18 7 3 19 – 24 23 9 25 – 40 52 21 41 – 49 62 24.9 50 – 59 59 23.7 Over 60 22 8.8 Not Indicated 24 9.6 Total 249 100% 1. Early Childhood Education and Daycare While Daycare and Head Start programs are not funded under the federal mandate of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (formerly Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), respondents at the first session in London, ON brought forth their recommendation to have it included in the overall survey. As early-learning is an integral component of the holistic lifelong learning cycle so important in indigenous communities, four questions were developed and included in the survey. Q1: First Nation families have access to licensed early childhood daycare centers in First Nation communities. This question was about current access to early childhood and daycare centers in First Nation communities. Of the respondents, 42.3% were in total / some disagreement with the statement, while 34.4% were in full / overwhelmingly in agreement with the statement, while 23.3% of respondents had no opinion either way. Q2: First Nations require access to comparable, licensed, early childhood learning daycare opportunities in First Nation Communities. This question was also about access, and 74.8% of respondents were in full / overwhelmingly in agreement that First Nations communities should have access to licensed centers that were comparable to those found in the province, while 15.9% had no opinion either way. Q3: Current funding mechanisms are sufficient and need only to be adjusted appropriately to meet the needs of day care spaces as identified by individual First Nation communities. When it came to the funding levels and the mechanisms to access the sources of funding for early childhood learning daycare centers, 63.3% of respondents felt that the current levels and mechanism were not 63 Chiefs of Ontario
Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision sufficient to meet the needs of First Nation communities, while 25.2% had no opinion either way. Q4: The early childhood education curriculum for learners must be adapted by First Nation Early Childhood educators to reflect local First Nation culture and language. This question reflected the need to control and determine the curriculum and general program of services implemented in First Nation centers, with 79.3% responding that they were in full / overwhelmingly in agreement with the statement, while 13.2% had no opinion either way. COMMENTS: There were a total of 64 comments in this category, which were coded under the major themes of Language & Culture (16), Access (16), Funding (7), Curriculum (7), Special Education (2), and General Commentary (16). Access and Language & Culture were the major areas presented by respondents, with sixteen (16) comments each. Respondents felt that the local First Nations language and culture needed to be an integral component of the Childcare center in their community. An equal number noted that access to early learning programs and childcare was important, and that First Nations required better access, particularly in northern communities. 2. Early Learning – Head Start, K4 & K5 Q1: First Nation schools require access to comparable early learning opportunities to those available to provincially funded schools. In the area of early learning programs for 3, 4, and 5 year olds, 89.5% of the respondents felt that First Nations required access to such programs, and that the level of programming should be at least comparable to the Junior Kindergarten (JK) and Senior Kindergarten (SK) programs that are provided in the province. Q2: Current funding mechanisms are sufficient and need only to be adjusted appropriately to meet the needs of First Nation early learners as identified by individual First Nation communities. In the area of funding for early learning programs, 74.5% were in total / some disagreement with the statement that the funding levels were sufficient and only needed to be adjusted, while 15.5% had no opinion either way. Q3: The provincial curriculum for early learners (K4/K5) must be adapted by First Nation educators to reflect local First Nation culture and language before being implemented in the classroom. This question was in the area of First Nation control over the curriculum and the programs and services that are offered in these centres, with 76.7% in full / overwhelmingly in agreement with the statement that there should be adaptation to include local culture and language, while only 9.1% had no opinion either way. Chiefs of Ontario 64
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