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Nova Scotia Child Care Association

Bylaws of NSCCA

About NSCCA

What is the NSCCA?

The Nova Scotia Child Care Association is a non-profit association for child care practitioners in Nova Scotia. The NSCCA recognizes that child care practitioners are the main ingredient in high quality child care and provide a valuable service to society.

We are committed to improving standards and guidelines for our profession, and thereby increasing the quality of child care in Nova Scotia.

The NSCCA works with other child care organizations, including Certification Council of Early Childhood Educators of Nova Scotia, Child Care Connections, Societé provinciale des intervenantes du préscolaire (SPIP), and Centre provincial de ressources préscolaires (CPRP) , to develop and support the infrastructure needed to gain professional recognition of child care practitioners.

View a copy of our Bylaws.

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Head, Heart and Hands

The NSCCA's logo includes the head, heart and hands of our organization.

The head represents intellect, skills and knowledge of our members, and NSCCA's philosophy, intentions and plans to reach our goals.

The heart represents caring-- for ourselves, our colleagues, families, and the children we care for.

The hands represent the quality in practice we strive for, and our courage to take action and make a difference with limited resources.

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NSCCA Goals

The goals of the NSCCA are:

To ensure the ethical practice of members, and support members in applying ethics to their work
To establish, monitor and evaluate standards of practice among its members
To advocate and support its members in their provision of quality child care
To maintain a registry of classified members

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NSCCA Services

Members of the NSCCA have many services available to them, including:

A periodic newsletter connecting child care practitioners
Ethics Mentoring
A Code of Ethics
A copy of the Canadian Child Care Federation's Standards of Practice
Professional development opportunities
Advocacy and lobbying using messages and actions that members have had a part in formulating.

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