+ You Bet We Still Care! The “A” Word Conference, Ryerson University March 1, 2013

PD and professional association membership Job Satisfaction and future plans Types of questions employee survey Work experience and current job Education Wages and working conditions Personal information Recruitment and retention Facilities, spaces and children

HR management and planning Finances Types of questions employer survey Staffing Recruitment and retention Governance and facilities Spaces and enrolment Employee questions for centre directors Personal information

Program staff: 2,344 Centre directors: 1,427. Total responses to employer survey: 1,145 Total responses to employee survey: 3,480 Recruitment questions: Administrators and owners not working in the programs: 437 Centre directors from both surveys: 1,427 How Many Responded to the Surveys?

Are the results representative? Not structured to be a representative sample, but type of returns generally reflect nature of programs across the country and within PTs 42% of centres operated by an organization with more than one centre 73% non-profit and public; 26% commercial 54.5% operated programs in addition to full-day child care 77.4% of employers in urban centres, 19.3 % in rural centres 2.7% First Nations, Metis, Inuit governing body; 2.1% municipally operated

More than 98% female – median age: 38 years First language: 82% English, 6% French, 12% other Median years in the sector: 12; in current position: 3 Program Staff: Quick Facts Median hours work/week: 37 Participated in PD in past 12 months: 88.5% Worked in a unionized centre: 21.5% Worked at second job: 25% Belonged to a child care organization: 52.5%

90% have some post-secondary ECE 75% college credential 65% two-year diploma or higher 10% one-year certificate 11% university degree Program Staff: Post-secondary Early Childhood Education 4% have some other form of ECE credential

97.8% female – median age: 45 years First language: 78% English, 13.2% French, 8.9 % other More than 15 years in the sector: 62.9%; median years in current position: 6 Centre directors: quick facts Median hours work/week: 40 Participated in PD in past 12 months: 90.6% Worked at second job: 18.5% Belonged to a child care organization: 73%

90% have some post-secondary ECE 66% college credential 55% two-year diploma or higher 11% one-year certificate 20% university degree Centre directors: Post-secondary Early Childhood Education 4% have some other form of ECE credential

Centre Directors 27.2% are counted in ratio all of the time 47.6% are counted in ratio part of the time 25.1% are never included in the ratio

Wages Median gross hourly wages Program staffCentre directors Newfoundland and Labrador$14.00$16.00 Prince Edward Island$15.00$21.00 Nova Scotia$12.84$17.56 New Brunswick$13.50$15.00 Quebec$19.13$32.64 Ontario$17.29$22.50 Manitoba$16.00$24.70 Saskatchewan$14.92$22.14 Alberta$15.33$20.00 British Columbia$17.00$20.83 CANADA$16.50$22.00

MEDIAN HOURLY WAGES: $13.00 with no post-secondary ECE $16.88 with an ECE certificate or diploma $17.20 with an ECE-related degree Education makes a difference to staff wages

MEDIAN HOURLY WAGES ARE HIGHER: $20.11 for program staff $25.55 for directors in a unionized centre Unionization makes a difference to staff wages and benefits Unionized staff are more than twice as likely to have more than three benefits (70.4% vs. 33%) than non-unionized staff

MEDIAN HOURLY WAGES, IN THE RATIO: All of the time: $19.49 Some of the time: $22.00 None of the time: $25.86 Working in ratio makes a difference to directors’ wages

Benefits Type of benefit % with benefit Non-unionUnionAll staff Additional medical coverage Paid sick or personal leave days Life and/or disability insurance Top up maternity benefits Pension plan or RRSP contribution

Written job description: 71.1% Policy/procedure manual: 83.3% Regular written performance appraisal: 51.1% None of the above: 4.4% Staff working in centres with selected personnel policies

U Uneven access to benefits and resources

Parent fees Median reported monthly fees 2012 ($) InfantToddlerPre-school Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec152 Ontario1, Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia1, CANADA NL: infant fees not reported due to small number of infant programs in that province

Percent of employers with the following recruitment challenges

Aspects of job satisfaction for program staff

Overall job satisfaction: program staff

Percent of those looking for a new job

Will you still be in this job in three years? YES!  75% of program staff  82.4% of centre directors

Plans for program staff intending to be working in regulated child care in three years

Plans for program staff intending to leave regulated child care in three next three years

Multi-site operations ranged from 2-91 centres Non-profit organizations were more likely to hold multiple licenses than commercial operators (33% compared to 21%) Median wages in multi-site and single-site programs were similar except in SK and AB where they were higher 29% of multi-site employers expect to expand in next three years Multi-site programs

What Does It All Mean?

Better? Worse? Trends? Wages generally up; loss of benefits for some Overall job satisfaction good Recruitment challenges significant for some employers Moving to the school system issue for Ontario Growth in operators with multiple licenses Increase in percentage with post- secondary ECE

Future research is needed - You Bet We Still Care! includes recommendations about: Future research and analysis that may be addressed by the current data set: Future methodological approaches to conduct this type of research in the ECEC sector The need for ongoing, systematic data collection about the child care workforce

Prepare data set for public use and make available through the Institute for Social Research at York University: What now? Further research and analysis in future if funds available Consider the implications of the findings and how to use them