Kim Barton

RECE, MSc & pedagogical leader on Dish with One Spoon covenant @UofG • Wondering about lifelong play, music, the outdoors, well-being & #pedagogy • she/her

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

Thank you @uofgGradStudies @CSAHS_UoG for a transformative graduate experience during the pandemic & @triciavanrhijn for unwavering support! Grateful to continue as @UofG_CCLC’s pedagogical leader, where I get to live my interests in ECE well-being and play everyday. #guelphgrad

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

Oof, this episode was so moving and one I didn’t know I needed or that would ever happen. From live and death, to good and bad, to what count as medicine, and blurring the binaries along the way…

[Andrea Gibson @andreagibson]

Thank you @GlennonDoyle and @AbbyWambach for being such a safe and loving space for this vulnerable conversation. Listen at https://t.co/Epf8xReaMh

[Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care @ChildCareON]

OCBCC's @CarolynFerns, will be on @CBCOntarioToday talking about ON's rollout out of $10-a-day child care.
Some parents are seeing fee reductions; other parents are waiting. We must fix the ECE workforce shortage to serve more families. And accountability is key.
Tune in.

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

@MSnyderRECE 💕

[Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation @MWMFF_]

From @AtkinsonCentre Find out about Canada's early childhood workforce - a critical ingredient to quality early learning and child care experiences.@emisakbari @Kerry_earlyyear https://t.co/mjcM5cabKC

[Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care @ChildCareON]

There is no child care without the child care workforce!
"Right now, we have rooms that aren’t opened for licensed care, because we don’t have enough ECEs to fill those positions." -Chatham- Kent Director of Children's Services.
https://t.co/I2ESMaUeAf

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

I have the pleasure of being a TA for an INCREDIBLE group of @CYF_Guelph students in a fourth year #ECE course and last week we discussed what #Elxn44 means for #childcareandearlylearning. Check out their posters! @KimberlySquires @FRAN_UofG #childcarethetimeisnow @Child_Care_Now

[Pursuing Questions (FKA: The Playful Podcast) @pursuingquest]

Hey twitterverse! Interested in play? #Pedagogy? #Lifelonglearning? Leisure?? Then we should probably connect and chat! But also you might like Episode 1 of this #podcast, which launches September 1st on (all?*) streaming platforms. *playfully still figuring this one out… #ece

[Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care @ChildCareON]

Listen at the 5:00 minute mark when Education Minister @sflecce is played a clip from @MatrishaTheRECE calling the $18/hr wage floor "a slap in the face". https://t.co/WVLzAaByn7

Ontario clearly needs a much stronger workforce strategy for our child care plan to succeed.

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

Up to 20 ECEs/child care workers who have worked in the Ontario early learning and child care sector within the lat 5 years will be invited to participate in an individual, virtual interview via Microsoft Teams. Please email [email protected] with any interest or questions.

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

Are you an #ECE willing to talk about your mental health? We want to hear from you! Send me an email at [email protected] to participate in my master's research investigating ECE's mental health (survey & 1.5 hr interview). @triciavanrhijn @FRAN_UofG @AECEO @ChildCareON

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

@emmaconwayuw @ginnybraun @drvicclarke I love it!!!

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

@MSnyderRECE @AECEO I’m also chiming in to say that Megan, you had some wonderful ideas that have kept me thinking and rethinking ever since the event.

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

I recently started filling in for a professor in a preservice #ECE program, and during some observations one of the students said ‘I can’t wait to do this for the rest of my life!’. That melted my heart!!! Same, my friend, same.

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

@ECEPRC Today at the PRC our team of staff and students shared special notes of gratitude to each other and were greeted with flowers and chocolate! It was a wonderful pick-me-up and kept us smiling all day long.

[ECEPRC @ECEPRC]

It’s been a while since we tweeted, and we figured what better day than #eceappreciationday to share something! Thank you to all #ECEs and #Childcare Workers for your hard work and dedication. What are you doing today (big or small) to celebrate?

[Kim Barton @kimpbarton]

@gavatron This is an interesting question! I feel like I’m the world of communication tech it would be referred to as FtF but I don’t know how I feel about that term anymore…

[Canadian Child Care Federation @CCCF_FCSGE]

Canada-wide child care plan and system (aka $10/day child care) will live on and will become reality. What a moment for families, children and Canada’s ELCC sector. It’s sinking in. #Elxn44 @childcarepolicy @Child_Care_Now

[AECENS @AecensNS]

#cdnchildcare#elxn44#childcarethetimeisNow#childcare4all#childcare