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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

Employeequestions 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:• Administrato

rs 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 yearsFirst language: 82% English, 6% French, 12% otherMedian years in the sector: 12; in current position: 3

Program Staff: Quick Facts

Median hours work/week: 37Participated 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 yearsFirst language: 78% English, 13.2% French, 8.9 % otherMore than 15 years in the sector: 62.9%; median years in current position: 6

Centre directors: quick facts

Median hours work/week: 40Participated 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

WagesMedian gross hourly wages Program staff

Centre 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-union Union All staff

Additional medical coverage 39.6 78.4 47.9

Paid sick or personal leave days 55.3 88.6 62.5

Life and/or disability insurance 35.0 72.1 43.0

Top up maternity benefits 10.9 35.2 16.2

Pension plan or RRSP contribution 27.2 76 37.7

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 feesMedian reported monthly fees 2012 ($)

Infant Toddler Pre-school

Newfoundland and Labrador - 740 762Prince Edward Island 696 566 544Nova Scotia 826 696 691New Brunswick 740 653 615Quebec 152 152 152Ontario 1,150 924 830Manitoba 631 432 431Saskatchewan 650 561 535Alberta 900 830 793British Columbia 1,047 907 761CANADA 761 696 674

NL: infant fees not reported due to small number of infant programs in that province

Percent of employers with the following recruitment

challenges

Lack of time to recruit

Applicant not satisfied with salary

Lack of money for recruiting

Applicants' lack of related work experience

Few or no applicants

Applicants' lack of skills

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Aspects of job satisfaction for program staff

Wages

Benefits

Career

Work Load

Leadership

Hours Worked

Work Schedule

Overall satisfaction

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Very Satisfied Somewhat Satisfied

Overall job satisfaction: program staff

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia

CANADA

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied

Percent of those looking for a new job

NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC CAN0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

Directors Program Staff

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

Not sure

Other

Open my own centre

More senior position - different centre

More senior position - same centre

Similar job - different centre

In current job

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Plans for program staff intending to leave regulated child care in

three next three years

Not sure

Retire

Home with my children

ECE job but not regulated child care

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

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 makeavailable through the Institute for Social Research at York University: http://www.isr.yorku.ca/contact/index.html

What now?

Further research and analysis in future if funds available

Consider the implications of the findings and how to use them