Six employees of childcare centre Op Stoom from the Netherlands are working at the childcare centres on St. Eustatius, from December 6th till December 17th, 2021. Their visit is part of the ‘twinning program’. With this program the BES(t) 4 kids program offers the opportunity to learn from each other’s knowledge and experience. This contributes … Read more
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The construction of the new building for the Out of School program is expected to start in the second half of 2022. The area that is designated for the realization of this building is situated in Lynch, to the north of the Governor de Graaff school. The Public Entity St. Eustatius is responsible for the … Read more
The first group of employees of the Laura Linzey Daycare Center and the afterschool care of of the Saba Girls and Boys Sports Society travelled to the Netherlands on Friday, November 5 for the exchange program with the Dutch childcare organization Kindernet. The second group will leave on November 19. The three persons of the … Read more
In the following two weeks the BES(t) 4 kids program on Statia will participate in a twinning program with Haarlem in The Netherlands. In Statia the program takes place online. The theme is Pedagogical Policy and what this means in the daily situation in the childcare centers of St. Eustatius. The kick-off of this part … Read more
On Saturday, August 7th, the first training in the educational program, HighScope for pedagogical staff in childcare, will start. The training will be led by the Center for Youth and Family and will be given by trainers from Bonaire who were trained last year. This is a next step in the BES(t) 4 Kids program … Read more
This month 25 pedagogical employees from the childcare on Bonaire passed their MBO training to become (assistant) pedagogical employee. With this they are one step closer to meeting the diploma requirements set out in the Island Ordinance Childcare last year as part of the BES(t) 4 kids program. More than half of all childcare professionals … Read more
This week the first four groups with a total of 50 childcare employees on Bonaire started with the First Aid training for children, as part of the program BES(t) 4 kids. This year employees of all childcare organizations on Bonaire are being trained to ensure that at each childcare location at least one adult with … Read more
As of July 1, 2021, childcare organizations on Bonaire and St. Eustatius will receive more subsidy from the Central Government so they can further lower the parental contribution. This is a next step in the program BES(t) 4 kids to provide good, safe and affordable childcare for children in the Dutch Caribbean. Since last year, … Read more
The BES(t) 4 kids program provides a training in the HighScope Curriculum for employees working in daycare centers, to have the best quality care for young children on Sint Eustatius. The first week of training was from May 17-May 21. The total program is 4 weeks. The HighScope Curriculum is a quality approach to early … Read more
As of May the 17th, 6 childcare organizations on Bonaire will start an inclusive childcare pilot project for children that need additional care or guidance, in cooperation with the Centre for Youth & Family (Centrum voor Jeugd en Gezin, CJG). The childcare organizations will provide daycare and out-of-school care for children with special needs. The … Read more