Code of Conduct

At Pembina Valley Child Care Centres, we strive to provide a safe, caring learning environment for children, staff, and families.  We believe in equality and respect diversity. The following people are expected to behave in a respectful manner and comply with this code of conduct:

• management and staff members
• children 
• parents/guardians of children enrolled
  all others involved with our centre

Guiding Principles for Appropriate Behaviour

Be Respectful
We are respectful of ourselves and other people. We are respectful of the ideas and feelings of others. We are respectful of the environment, equipment, and materials.

Be Safe
We work and play safely to help keep ourselves and others from getting hurt.

Be Cooperative
We solve our problems by talking and listening to each other respectfully to find a solution. When we cannot solve a problem ourselves, we ask for help.

Be Supportive of Learning
We learn to the best of our abilities and support the learning of others.

Developmental Capabilities of Children

We understand that it is normal for children to display inappropriate behaviour at times for a variety of reasons. The development capabilities of each child will always be considered when determining both expectations for behaviour and consequences of inappropriate behaviour.

Appropriate Use of Technology

All children, parents, staff, and others involved in our centre must use e-mail, electronic devices, and the internet according to our policies. This protects people’s privacy and the confidentiality of information.

Unacceptable Behaviour

The following behaviours by children, staff, parents, and others involved in our centre are unacceptable:

• all forms of bullying (physical, verbal, emotional, social, or cyber bullying), including comments, actions or visual displays that are intentional, hurtful and repetitive.
• harassment, including behaviour that degrades, demeans, humiliates, or embarrasses someone that a reasonable person would know is unwelcome.
• all forms of abuse (sexual, physical, or psychological), including verbally, in writing or otherwise