Leadership Committee

The Leadership Committee is comprised of members of PLAY who have committed themselves to overseeing and coordinating the work of PLAY.

The Leadership Committee has developed a set of Guiding Principles, Statement of Commitment, Terms of Reference and Congruence / Conflict of Interest Guidelines to provide guidance to the members of the PLAY. This information may be obtained by contacting info@playvictoria.org.

Leadership Committee of PLAY: 2009 -2010

Guiding Principles for the Leadership Committee

• Be proactive advocates for the importance of early childhood development in accordance with the provisions of the Charter;
• Work to ensure all efforts of the members and Working committees of PLAY are consistent with the commitment in the Charter;
• Keep the focus of PLAY as a whole on initiatives based on research and best practices that will foster healthy communities, families and children;
• Strive to ensure there is fair, transparent and accurate communication and decision making;
• Exercise discretion and due diligence with respect to all work undertaken for PLAY;
• Remember that teams and partnerships achieve greater success than individual effort;
• Be accountable and responsible to the PLAY membership;
• Promote innovation, new opportunities, coordination and integration to the benefit of all those working in early childhood development.

Membership of the Committee

The membership of the Leadership Committee will be made up representatives in the following areas:

A. Core Members
• Parent Representative
• Aboriginal Representative
• Ministry of Children and Family Development Representative
• Vancouver Island Health Authority Family Health Representative
• REACH, Research in early childhood care, education and health [UVIC] Representative
• Community Service Provider Representative

B. Preferred Members
• Family Resource Programs
• School Districts
• Regional Childcare Council