In 2007, MCCA retained People First HR Services to provide professional assistance in establishing a market competitive wage scale to enable the child care sector to compete more effectively with other sectors that have similar/comparable jobs.  Information meetings and a teleconference for rural members were held in the fall of 2007 for Boards of Directors and Executive Directors.

The development of the market competitive salary scale included an analysis of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of Executive Directors, Early Childhood Educators, and Child Care Assistants. These are described in the job descriptions included in MCCA's Human Resource Management Guide for Early Childhood Programs.

Early Childhood Programs that implement the Market Competitive Salary Guideline Scale should also be using the job descriptions from the Human Resource Management Guide.

Copies of the market competitive scale were mailed to child care centres that are members of MCCA on October 30, 2007 and to Professional, Child Care Assistant, and Associate members on November 27, 2007. MCCA representatives have met with the Hon. Gord Mackintosh, Minister of Family Services & Housing and the NDP Caucus to discuss the market competitive scale report, and recommend funding be increased in 2008 to provide enough revenue so the scale is affordable.

MCCA intends to adjust the Market Competitive Salary Guideline Scale annually, to reflect the average wage increases in Manitoba , and will distribute the next guideline scale to our members in the fall, 2008.

Occupational Standards for Child Care Practitioners:

http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/subsites/training/pdf/occupational-final-e.pdf

Occupational Standards for Child Care Administrators:

Download a copy at http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/subsites/training/pdf/occupational-final-e.pdf

http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/childcare/careers.html