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Recognizing early childhood professionals to honour their outstanding commitment to excellence in quality care for children.
Early childhood professionals show resilience and dedication to continue meeting the child care needs of families in their communities. Every day, working parents rely on their licensed child care provider so they can go to work or school. This is essential for families and subsequently the economy overall.
The Minister’s Awards of Excellence in Child Development recognize the important work of certified early childhood educators and providers working in licensed child care programs who make life better for children and families across Alberta. Nominating these professionals, teams and programs honours excellence in their field. Doing so also celebrates their outstanding work with children at licensed child care programs across Alberta.
To celebrate and recognize their achievements, 2022 award recipients were announced May 20, 2022, on Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day.
Nine awards went to early childhood professionals with 3 awards in each category:
Anyone can nominate certified early childhood educators and licensed programs for an award. The nominated individuals, teams or programs must:
Eligible programs are facility-based and home-based child care programs licensed by the Government of Alberta including:
In 2022, the Alberta government received 60 nominations from across the province. Congratulations to all of the nominees.
The names of past award recipients are listed below.
We gratefully acknowledge Wintergreen Learning Materials for their generous support as the corporate sponsor for the awards program.
Connect with the program if you have questions about the Minister’s Awards of Excellence in Child Development:
Email: [email protected]
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