The AECEO is thrilled to share our latest project with the ECE community: our new podcast! Circle time with the AECEO is a podcast made for ECEs, by ECEs and we want to hear what YOU think! Connect with the AECEO on Facebook, Instagram & TikTok and let us know your thoughts!
Listen to Circle Time with the AECEO, the podcast on Spotify and Youtube!
If you enjoy our podcast and want to hear more in the future, please consider becoming an AECEO member! AECEO membership directly supports and funds our policy, advocacy & community work, including the Circle Time podcast. AECEO members will have exclusive access to extra podcast content, future bonus episodes, and more! You can also support this project by sharing it with your peers, subscribing to the AECEO YouTube Channel, following us on Spotify and engaging with us on social media.
Learn more: What is a podcast and how does it work?
Episode 1 - Welcome
The Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) is thrilled to welcome you to our podcast. On this episode, Rachel, Jess, and Patrícia share what to expect from the podcast and welcome you to join us for future discussions!
Episode 2 - Alana leads the AECEO with Care, Part I
On this episode, Rachel welcomes AECEO Executive Director Alana Powell to talk about the history of the AECEO, her own story as an advocate, her insights about non-profit organizing and policy work, how the AECEO is striving to make transformative change for Ontario’s ECEs and child care workers, and much more!
Episode 3 - Alana leads the AECEO with Care, Part II
Learn about YOUR professional association! In this episode, Rachel welcomes back Alana Powell, Executive Director at the AECEO, to answer questions from the ECE community. Listen to learn about how the organization functions, what it means to represent ECEs, the ways the AECEO serves the community, what we do to advocate for positive change for ECEs and more!
Valentine's Day Special: A Love Letter to ECEs (episode 4)
Tune in to our Valentine's Day Special: A love letter to ECEs and child care workers. In this mini episode, the AECEO team shares stories of joy & love from their experiences with educators, families, and children in the ECE sector. Happy Valentine’s Day to all the people who make this important work possible.
Episode 5 - AECEO CARE Collectives
On this episode, our Community Organizer Jess Tomas is joined by special guests Lyndsay MacKay, Tonja Armstrong-McInnis, Tracy Saarikoski & Shelly Mehta to discuss their experiences working with and in AECEO CARE Collectives. This recording led to rich discussion with important insight into relationships and community building in the ECE community.
Listening to Circle Time with the AECEO episodes can help towards your Continuous Professional Learning program goals. The AECEO team created reflection questions to support our listeners document their learning for their CPL portfolio. Download the reflection questions here!
Episode 6 - The AECEO staff is unionizing!
On this episode of Circle Time with the AECEO, Rachel is joined by fellow AECEO team members Jess and Amber to discuss their experience unionizing the AECEO! Listen to this episode to learn about why unionizing was important to the AECEO team and how our organization navigated this process. We also prepared an accompanying Unions 101 document to share helpful information with members of the ECE community who are interested in learning more about unionization.
Curious about the bread and roses in this episode's graphics? Learn more about the history behind Bread and Roses here!
Ways to support Circle Time with The AECEO
- Subscribe to the AECEO YouTube Channel
- Follow the podcast on Spotify
- Share it with your ECE friends on Instagram!