{"id":6765,"date":"2025-10-30T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/?page_id=6765"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:44:14","slug":"eces-as-innovators-key-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/fr\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-key-system\/","title":{"rendered":"ECEs as Innovators &#8211; Key System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"top\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-row fusion-flex-align-items-center\"><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--button_border_color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_width-top:1px;--button_border_width-right:1px;--button_border_width-bottom:1px;--button_border_width-left:1px;--button-border-radius-top-left:6px;--button-border-radius-top-right:6px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:6px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:6px;--button_gradient_top_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_bottom_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--button_font_size:20px;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:400;--button_margin-right:10px;--button_margin-bottom:10px;\" target=\"_self\" title=\"ece-home-button\" aria-label=\"ece-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/\"><i class=\"fa-home fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">ECE Lab Home<\/span><\/a><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:var(--awb-color2);--button_border_color:#ffd335;--button_accent_hover_color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--button_border_hover_color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--button_border_width-top:1px;--button_border_width-right:1px;--button_border_width-bottom:1px;--button_border_width-left:1px;--button-border-radius-top-left:6px;--button-border-radius-top-right:6px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:6px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:6px;--button_gradient_top_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_bottom_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#ffd335;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#ffd335;--button_font_size:20px;--button_typography-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:400;--button_margin-right:10px;--button_margin-bottom:10px;\" target=\"_self\" title=\"ece-pro\" aria-label=\"ece-pro\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-wrap-up\/eces-as-professionals\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">ECEs as Professionals<\/span><\/a><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-3 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" 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class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">ECEs as Leaders<\/span><\/a><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-4 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" 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fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-row fusion-flex-align-items-center\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 md-text-align-left sm-text-align-left\" 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style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-margin-bottom:100px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 50px );margin-left: calc(-50px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-50px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:25px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:25px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:25px;--awb-spacing-left-small:25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 md-text-align-center\" style=\"--awb-font-size:36px;--awb-line-height:1;--awb-text-color:#124baf;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>\u201cLet\u2019s try it out!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:25px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:25px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:25px;--awb-spacing-left-small:25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:28px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Social Innovation in Atlantic Canada&#8217;s ECE Sector<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:28px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;ProximaNova Light&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>ECE professional practice is highly compatible with the iterative test-and-learn cycles of innovation design. Every day, ECEs work with children in responsive, adaptive ways &#8212; trying out new ways to support their care and learning, gathering feedback from the children, and making adjustments to their environment and interactions. Participants in the ECE Lab applied this iterative approach to the sector&#8217;s systemic challenges around recruitment and retention of the ECE workforce. They created eight social innovation prototypes that offer new ways of addressing these challenges. Supported by embedded design coaches, each prototype was field tested and refined, and now all prototypes are offered here for use by anyone in the ECE sector.<\/p>\n<p>Explore the insights and prototypes created in the Lab on this page. Then download a prototype action pack and try it out in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:70px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-background-color:#fff8f3;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" id=\"key-system\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-align-content-space-evenly fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start sticky-section\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/#innovation-lab\">What\u2019s an innovation lab?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:16px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators-atlantic-canada\/#atlantic-canada\">ECE innovators in Atlantic Canada<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-first-nations\/#first-nations\">Partnership with First Nations ECEs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-purpose-of-the-lab\/#purpose-of-the-lab\">Purpose of the lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-interview\/#interview\">ECE Lab Interviews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10 fusion-text-no-margin tab-left-button-actif\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:25px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-key-system\/#key-system\">Key systems insights from the lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:16px;--awb-margin-left:40px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/ece-lab-home\/eces-as-innovators\/eces-as-innovators-prototypes\/#prototypes\">Take action with prototypes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"--awb-font-size:27px;--awb-line-height:36px;--awb-text-color:#124baf;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Key system insights from the lab<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:25px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"789\" title=\"INNO_Themes from research\" 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class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:25px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"1006\" title=\"INNO_Recruitment + retention factors_1\" src=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/INNO_Recruitment-retention-factors_1.svg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-6372\"\/><\/span><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-8 fusion-button-default-span 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style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:50px;--awb-padding-right-medium:30px;--awb-padding-left-medium:30px;--awb-padding-right-small:10px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:15px 15px 15px 15px;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-align-content-space-evenly 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fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"41\" height=\"33\" title=\"green-quote\" src=\"https:\/\/ponddeshpande.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-quote.svg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-6468\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Staff well being, job satisfaction and the likelihood to stay in the sector has to do with the balance between job demands, job resources and rewards.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:24px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;ProximaNova Light&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Jane Beach, What&#8217;s Next for the ELCC Workforce? [webinar], 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-16 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:28px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Proxima Nova Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>ECE Staff Satisfaction<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:28px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:50px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;ProximaNova Light&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><ul>\n<li>ECEC staff show a high level of satisfaction with the profession, but their views on the working conditions in the sector are mixed.<\/li>\n<li>Staff who perceive leadership as being more distributed in their ECEC centre tend to engage more frequently in professional collaborative practices and report greater satisfaction with their job.<\/li>\n<li>Feelings of stress emerge from imbalances between job demands, resources and rewards. Support from leaders and satisfaction with salary act as buffers of stress in most of the countries, although not consistently. Training related to the source of stress, collaborative practices and control over decisions are not sufficiently developed or effective to act as significant buffers.<\/li>\n<li>ECEC staff more engaged in collaborative practices are more likely to participate in training activities, underscoring the synergies between formal and informal channels for skills development.<\/li>\n<li>Staff indicate retirement, health- related reasons, family responsibilities and work outside of the ECEC sector as the most likely reasons to leave their job, which suggests that they often envisage limited career progression within the sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" 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