Agenda Overview and Welcome Update on Educational Accreditation Overview of Working Groups for Afternoon and Selection of

Focus Preparing Diploma students for Degree-Dan and Jennifer Measuring Competence through Distance Learning-Gerard Inter-provincial Labour Mobility Agreements-Bruce Scope of Practice and Curriculum-Heather Competencies being used across Canada—Carol  

Working Groups Summary of working groups and next steps

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Developing A National Agenda for Action Toward Professional Regulation

for Child and Youth Care Practice 2010

Educational Accreditation-Why? Standards plus Audit

Reveal weakness, improve, advise public of a thoughtful overall standard.

Requires INTERNAL motivation Employers will reduce need for training expense Employers want to affect curriculum Edu Programs NEED placements Students who work for accredited agencies will value accredited Edu

programs Ease of transfer assessment Collective “power” of defining standards and arguing for

resources

Overview-Accreditation Model

Self-Study, External Review, and Accreditation Body each consider the following areas:

Program Inputs Program Operation (Processes) Program Outcomes Developmental Plan Chart pg. 3

Outcomes

General Outcomes –expectations of students upon graduation

Competency Measures-testing/demonstrations/ portfolios etc. that assess student outcomes

Outcome Measures-assessment used post graduation to assess effectiveness of program toward achieving it’s stated general outcomes

Task Force Recommendation Create a Founding Board to incorporate an organization responsible

for Educational Accreditation. The founding board will consist of 8 members. Members will come from an equal representation of colleges and universities (at least one of which will have a graduate program) (6 educator members with regional representation from West, Atlantic, Central) and 2 professional members representing the CCCYCA. The Founding Board is charged with creating the initial by-laws for membership of the organization, governance structure (i.e. Board of Directors) incorporating and guiding the initial work of the organization.

Issues for the New Board and Membership to Decide On

Nomenclature, Definitions, Regional VariationsCollege vs. UniversityCompetenciesProvincial EDU Ministry Program Review Timing

Curriculum Flexibility Input, Process, Outcome Assessment and Balance Implementation

Motivation, Fees, Institutional Response, Public/Private

Focus Groups Preparing Diploma students for Degree-Dan and Jennifer

What skills are missing, diploma to degree? How to work together?

Measuring Competence through Distance Learning-Gerard How are programs assessing competence? What is the on-off difference in assignments and skill development?

Inter-provincial Labour Mobility Agreements-Bruce How easy/difficult is it for graduates to transfer in the labour force; what

issues have arisen?

Scope of Practice and Curriculum-Heather Narrow vs. Broad Scope and Curriculum implications

Competencies being used across Canada: Comparison—Carol

Leftovers:Founding Board membership

Heather Modlin, Atlantic, (Memorial)Kelly Shaw, Atlantic, NSCCDoug Magnuson, UVICDawne McKay-Chittendon, RRC??-coming forward college rep, AlbertaCarol Stuart, Ontario, Ryerson U.?? coming forward college rep, Ontario, College sectorVarda ??, QuebecRob Bates, David Connelly

Leftovers:Name

Board of Child and Youth Care Education Accreditation (BCYCEA)

Council of Education Accreditation: Child and Youth Care (CEACYC)

Child and Youth Care Commission of Accreditation (CYCCA)

Quality Assurance Council of Child and Youth Care (Education?) (QACCYC) or (CYCQAC)

Leftovers: Membership

Membership Individual Founding Members-Educators (lifetime)Program Founding Members-New Members (Individual and Program)

Membership Criteria??-full-time?/educators/?/ practitioners/Associations?

Professional Status by Province

Following slides are from 2004-provincial updates on broad aspects of regulation and status in each process. Left them here but don’t expect to use them.

British ColumbiaAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

BC Association has a set of standards-also Human Service Standards

Agency accreditation-COA/CARF

Ministry Working group-also on shelf for ‘certifying’ suggested grandfathering

Educational programs for CYC co-operate (voluntary) to define minimum standards for exit points-cert/dip/degree

Yes-CARF more prominent.

Government – requires (cannot be funded-at a certain size-smaller not required- $250,000)

Consrotium is expanding to include western programs-Winnipeg west.

CYCABC focusing on membership-will bring forward certification to work on in spring 05

Not education specific-in Accreditation-some programs are not required to be accredited funding is received for 1st accred.

Government changes loose everything previously done.

AlbertaAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Certification Standards for practitioners-300 fully

Accreditation of Agencies-

Education programs part of western consortium

NO-working on legislation-dormant for last 2 years-2 ministry meetings scheduled-apply in spring? Under Health Professions Act-includes SW now-seperating diff between college and $$ negotiation

Many agencies have decided to require certification after 2 years for CYC’s or for supervision positions

CYCAA certified-requires degree or dip in related field-1 yr. intern-endorsement of super. Written/ oral

Funding is provided to agencies for accreditation-choose standards-CCHSA COA CARF AASCF becoming national- certif will be removed-not clear if 4 training requirm’nts will be removed (TCI; suicide; aboriginal; ?).

Not yet

No CYCAA has 700 members

Close Association/ College/ Agency working relationships

SaskatchewanAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Kelsey Campus of SIAST College-youth work program-offered to Dupont-

Encouraging workers to take out associate memberships in Alberta and Manitoba CYW for support

Provincial Association is inactive-10 years

Only prov not offically on CCCYCA

Comm. College offering youth worker dip.-difficulty connecting to college

ManitobaAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Certification pkg was developed-aligned with Ontario and Alberta-

Training competencies defined and trained to –through provincial agencies

Red River has diplomas and cert articulated with degrees in west

Voluntary Agency

accreditation

Government requires first aid, CPR

Most agencies

Ceretification involves oral exam test-on the core competencies-need volunteers to do this

-worker competencey is evaluated annually by supervisor

70 members

Ruby Johnston-developed core competency program-12 cores of training workshops 1 day to a week long sessions.

OntarioAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Certification based on CYW Educ.

Vocational competencies for CYW educ. programs to meet.

Legislation attempted in 1974-regulatory college

NO

NO-some discussion among educational programs about how to monitor

OACYC-Association stance is to ‘self-regulate’ through the OACYC

Gov’m does not intend to monitor

Accept CYC degree from other provinces as base-or Quebec educator dip. T.E.S. or special care counsellor Individual review of applicants

Annual PD; sign code of ethics-800 certified-about 1600 total

-Scope of Practice statement developed-consistent in format with regulated Health Professions Act

QuebecAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Accreditation-no provincial standards-moving in that direction

‘National’ Charter of Competencies-Psycho-Educator Model-Pre-intervention to post-intervention stalling-but training is moving forward

Special Care Counsellor-diplomas-Vanier

Concordia-developing BA in Family Relations and Youth Work-by Fall 07-some advanced standing

Will become required in next few years for agencies

Government

Employer association group-pushing this forward

English and French sectors here need to start working harder together-producing french literature-province has 6000 educateurs

Educateur-French sector-Quebec assocaition of Educators.

Inventoried the agency hiring practices-what they look for in competencies

All regions have different culture-each employer has different clincial apporach which effects competencey definition

Province undertook the Ohio training program-to train all CYW’s in province Association de Centre de Jeunesse-funded by government

Nova ScotiaAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Provincial Standards for residential care

NSCCCompu college-following Newfoundland modelIsland Career AcademyMt. St. Vincent

yes Government-varied implementation

150 members

New Brunswick An agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Certification-initial work reviewing

NACP/ Alberta/ Developmental Assets through YMCA-outlined process to develop a pkg.-Goals to move forward

NBCC-2 yr. dipMOncton-3 private colleges-two used vocational standards from Ontario and Mark Krueger competencies ++Compu college-purchased curric from GMCC-working to connect to credits for unviersity at BA level

No consistency or educ accreditation-Government advanced education regulates private colleges

Mandatory licensing for agency providers for group home operators by Provincial government-services standards

Agencies set hiring standards-varied in Moncton-CYW and human service counsellor

158 members-57 full 93 student rest agency/ associate-1st prov. Confer. In June 2003 doubled for 2004-this year hope to identify who is doing Child and youth care in province-develop focus groups and position paper

-looked at 3 models-voluntary – agency monitored

Legislation

Big movement into community based CYC-intensive probation/ streetwork hosptial based schoolbased-called behaviour interventionist-require degree level-lots of CYW’s as teaching assistants

PEIAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Holland College-1 year program

Required to have Holland college (CYC or corrections) or University degree to be employed in government groups homes-and centres

Government monitoring-all civic employees

Government

Fledgling association-4 members

Newfoundland & LabradourAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

Comp college-2 year dip. Purchased from GMCC—talking with University about degree program

No agencey standardsNor hiring standards-2 years post secondary in anything

-CYC association determines who is hired, who is admitted, to the diploma

No monitoring

92 members

350 youth care workers in province

Discussing certification-needed education first

Unionization limits how to work with certification as a requirement

YukonAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

None-borrowed/ imported youth workers-ECE standards for workers

Yukon college-community support worker-using CYC literatureEarly Childhood (ECD) 1 and 2 years-

Legislation Reviews-Child and Family Service Act-Association is involved in meetings for discussion-application to be heard has been madeHealth Professionals Act-under review-intent to comment

Forcing ECE workers back to school

Residential youth treatment services is 100% government operated Addictions and family is government and privateFirst nations who have settled land claims are offering own services.

2 years transfers to Western degree programs

Yukon child care association-30 years have represented ECE most times-beginning to expand to represent the older age group

350-400 working diretly with youth (includes social workers, corrections, etc.)

Northwest TerritoriesAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments

NunavutAn agreed upon set of Standards of Knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.

Mandatory Compliance (note the level of enforcement)

Authourity for monitoring compliance

Reciprocity Agreement with other provinces

Comments