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qep100  The Preschool Education Programme

 

Preschool education has a threefold mandate: to serve as a rite of passage that gives children a liking for school; to foster children’s overall development by motivating them to exploit their full potential; and to lay the social and cognitive groundwork that will prepare children for their future schooling and enable them to continue to learn throughout their lives.

K-QEPsm These are official MELS documents pertaining to the QEP and related policies.
(Click on the title to get a PDF version of the document on your computer.

pdf.gif Preschool Education Program (Chapter 4 of the QEP) 

pdf.gif The mandate of Preschool Education (p. 52)  

pdf.gif The six competencies of preschool educations

pdf.gif Children and Play, Development Activities, Class organization and Pedagogical Evaluation

KProgramTable pdf.gif Cultural References 

pdf.gif Essential Knowledges: strategies and learnings (Pp 66-68)   

  Preschool Education Programme in a Table 
 

 

Additional official MELS documents supporting the Preschool Education Program

Framework for the Evaluation of Learning in Kindergarten : NEW VERSION! .
official wording of the provincial report card as it applise to Preschool Education (2011-2012 School Year)  

Evaluating for Learning at the Preschool and Elementary Level: framework Document

Policy for the evaluation of learning
A series of documents on the topic: full version, abridged version, implementation planning and poster

Evaluation: Information documents
These documents  were produced by the Comité sur la Politique d'évaluation. They created a series of thematic information sheets based on questions which often gave rise to different responses in order to clarify the issues.

Renewing the Local Framework for the Evaluation of Learning
A guide for schools and school boards

Basic school regulation for preschool, elementary and secondary education   (Régime pédagogique)  

General Education in the Youth sector - Yearly Directives
The Yearly Directives inform the school boards and private schools of decisions made by the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports each school year under the Basic school regulation for preschool, elementary and secondary education and the Education Act.

Individualized Education Plans: Helping Students Achieve Success
The reference framework for the establishment of IEPs: full version, abridged version and presentation.

Adapting Our Schools to the Needs of All Students: Policy on Special Education
A series of documents on the topic:

Learning difficulties: Reference framework for intervention.
This document aims to shed new light on how best to provide assistance to students with learning difficulties and facilitate the search for effective intervention measures that meet their needs. It concerns the kindergarten teacher because it examines what needs to be put in place in order to foster student success beginning in preschool.
 
Abridged version
 
or Complete version

Grade Repetition: Myths, Beliefs and Alternatives
Reflection Workshop on Grade Repetition
Power Point presentation and Accompanying document
75% of teachers still believe that grade repetition in kindergarten is an effective means of helping immature children catch up with the others. MEQ has put out a workshop and accompanying document to support discussion and reflection which exposes the beliefs, myths and facts.