Committee Let's work together to foster a successfull first transition

The knowledge and a clear definition of each stakeholder’s role makes it possible to specify everyone’s contribution and thus develop an effective partnership.

Knowledge of common targeted goals that foster the sharing of a common vision for a positive transition to preschool and a sense of belonging are essential to partnership development.

Committee Let's work together to foster a successfull first transition

Active listening allows for discussion, dialogue, communication, and questioning. This knowledge is essential to all forms of collaboration.

Several skills are required by partners to create a positive climate.

Among other things, we underscore the importance of interpersonal skills, a sense of responsibility, adaptability, the ability to work in a team and integrity.

Furthermore, the importance of leadership is emphasized in order to create and maintain a positive climate between the partners, thus promoting a quality transition.

Valuing each partner is an important soft skill so that each person finds their place and sees the impact of their contribution. Each person’s expertise must be recognized in order to maintain a positive and effective collaboration.

Sharing a common vision requires significant openness.

Each person’s engagement is essential in order to be able to promote and implement concerted actions.

This will help us to amass the impacts and to ensure that the child and his or her family feel that they are at the centre of this first transition.

Committee Let's work together to foster a successfull first transition

The know-how to achieve effective coordination requires communication, planning and organizational skills for the various transition activities.

A common vision fosters the implementation of concerted actions between the various multisector partners and can allow for the creation of collaborative teams between the various actors and partners to achieve a successful transition.

Early involvement requires planning, leadership and organizational skills in order to foresee the time frames and structure necessary for the early involvement of partners.

This early involvement as well as the consistent presence of the partners fosters the sustainability of the various transition projects.

An evaluation of each practice is necessary within the action cycle to allow for self-regulation by the team.

This know-how always aims to better meet the needs of children and their families, by measuring the impact of the actions and processes undertaken.

Committee Let's work together to foster a successfull first transition

Caroline St-Georges

Development Officer & responsible for work in ''Chantier 0-5 ans'' and ''6-15 ans''

Table Éducation Outaouais

Madeleine Lefebvre

Research and Knowledge Transfer Assistant – Ricochet Team
Lecturer in the Department of Educational Sciences
PhD student in Applied Social Sciences
Université du Québec en Outaouais

Christine Malette

Trois Petits Points childcare centre & coordinating office

Kathia Gagné

Des premiers pas childcare centre & coordinating office

Julie Côté

Petits Pas childcare centre & coordinating office

Christian Daigle

Papineau social development table

Karina Marcotte

Psychoeducator and Development Officer for the first transition

Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs

Judith Lavigne

Psychoeducator and Development Officer for the first transition

Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais

Julie Latourelle / François Mireault

Centre de services scolaire au Cœur-des-Vallées

Ariane Lacelle

Pontiac social development table

Annie Lesage

Coordonnatrice

Des Collines de l'Outaouais social development table

Lisa Lagacé

Partenaires Secteur Aylmer

Nathalie Plouffe

Communautés Gatineau Ouest

Sylvie Beauregard

Vallée-des-Sourires childcare centre (Gracefield/Kazabuzua)

Danielle Lanyi & Sarah Plourdes

Connexions Resource Centre