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- Title
Negotiating Status: The Impact of Union Contracts on the Professional Role of RECEs in Ontario's Full-Day Kindergarten Programs.
- Authors
Gananathan, Romona
- Abstract
This paper analyzes three union contracts as a way to unpack the ways in which the professional role of the registered early childhood educator (RECE) in fullKday kindergarten (FDK) programs in Ontario is recognized and constructed in policy texts. The paper examines what constitutes an "early learning professional" compared to a "teacher" or "educational assistant," and how the discourses of professionalism are constructed through policy texts to position the role of RECEs in FDK. Results from this study suggest that union contracts play an important role in shaping the new "professional" role and status of RECEs in FDK programs.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; EARLY childhood education; PRIMARY education; KINDERGARTEN; PROFESSIONALISM
- Publication
Canadian Children, 2015, Vol 40, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
0833-7519
- Publication type
Article