Excerpted from the introduction

The PEI Workforce Strategy Project was undertaken in response to a recommendation to the Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture in Moving Forward: The Early Years in PEI - Feasibility Study on the PEI Early Childhood Education and Care System. The project’s purpose was to prepare analysis, advice, and recommendations on the following:

1. An analysis of the roles, responsibilities, degree of decision making, and impact of decisions taken for the certification levels and propose a scope of practice for each

2. An analysis of unique challenges faced in the Francophone community, including the Francophone educators, and of the unique challenges faced in different geographic regions of the province (i.e., urban/rural)

3. Current supply and demand data about the ECEC workforce - ages, credentials, years of experience, levels of job satisfaction, and future plans