A financial support program to recruit, train and retain your new educators
Ready to participate as an employer?
Start with step 1! Register your childcare service on the portal
Register my environmentA financial support program to recruit, train and retain your new educators
It is a specific formula of the AEC/ACS - Early Childhood Education which alternates between work in a childcare service and studies at CEGEP each week (18 months).
Participating CPEs and educational daycare services receive financial compensation to reimburse the wages paid to their staff in training during study hours, up to a maximum of $25 per hour.
This support program is offered to all CPEs and educational childcares throughout Quebec.
To register educational childcare services that hold a Québec enterprise number (NEQ) and a permit issued by the Ministère de la Famille.
Family daycare services, drop-in daycare centers and school daycare services are not eligible.
The online portal facilitates your recruitment process. Nothing could be easier: create and post your job offers, consult your applications and select your future employee!
The best part? We take care of promoting your job offers through national communication campaigns, for each new school year!
You are able to remunerate your employee in training during their study time, since we reimburse their salary during the course hours (up to $25 per hour). Access to training is a major perk for the loyalty of your workforce, so don't miss out!
In exchange for your investment, your employees in training make themselves available to work in your workplace, during working hours (excluding courses and approved holidays). During the school break (summer and winter), you can offer them the opportunity to work full time!
You must provide a temporary work contract for the entire duration of the program* with your educators admitted to the program by a CEGEP.
This contract must mention the hours of study and the hours of work offered, as well as the full remuneration for these hours.
*If your childcare service is attached to a collective agreement, the need for the employment contract may optional.
Before the start of each cohort, you must sign the contract respecting the conditions of participation which commits you to:
Consult the template (in French)
To receive financial compensation for the study hours of your educators in training, each month you must:
Rest assured, this process is explained to employers at the start of each cohort!
Next semester: 2023 Fall
Step 1 I From now on
OR
Tip: neat logos, photos and descriptions catch the eye of candidates.
Step 2 I From July 10th, 2023
I connect to my Employer space and I create my job offers.
Please note that this step is mandatory to receive external applications. The registration of my childcare service on the portal is not enough.
Advice: a neat and comprehensive job offer is more attractive to candidates.
Step 3 I Between July 17th and September 10th
After September 10th, 2023, I can no longer receive or register any new applications online.
Step 4 I September 11th and 12h
From my Employer space (My applications), I check that everything is in order.
I must:
AND
After September 12th, 2023, I can no longer edit the applications online.
And after that?
*The job offer template is available in the Employer Kit.
Step 5 I Between October 16th and November 3rd
Once my candidates have been admitted to the program by a CEGEP,
Classes start on November 6th in CEGEPs.
Step 1 - From now on
OR
Tip: neat logos, photos and descriptions catch the eye of candidates.
Step 2 I Between July 17th and September 10th
After September 10th, 2023, I can no longer receive or register any new applications online.
Step 3 I September 11th and 12h
From my Employer space (My applications), I check that everything is in order.
I must:
AND
After September 12th, 2023, I can no longer edit the applications online.
And after that?
*The job offer template is available in the Employer Kit.
Step 4 I Between October 16th and November 3rd
Once my candidates have been admitted to the program by a CEGEP,
Classes start on November 6th in CEGEPs.
Start with step 1! Register your childcare service on the portal
Register my environment