Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2010/2159(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Early Years Learning in the European Union PDF (186 KB) DOC (104 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas throughout the EU, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is provided in different ways, with various definitions of ‘quality’ which depend heavily on states‘ cultural values and their interpretation of ’childhood‘, which should nonetheless be respected,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poor and vulnerable families have been shown to benefit most from publicly-funded access to ECEC services; whereas there is a clear link between disadvantage and poor educational attainment, with disadvantaged groups are less likely to seek access to ECEC services due to issues of availability and affordability,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas childcare has traditionally been seen as the natural activity of women, which has led to a dominance of females working in the ECEC field; whereas ECEC service providers tend to offer low rates of pay,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States to invest in parental education programmes, and, where appropriate, to provide home visiting serviother forms of assistances for parents who need additional help;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages Member States to integrate ECEC services, with better coordinperation between the different ministries working on early childhood policies and programmes;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the development of a European framework for ECEC services withat respects Member States' cultural diversity and highlights shared goals and values;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that quality early years education can help reduce early school leaving, which affects society as a whole; notes that young people from vulnerable social groups such as migrant backgrounds, especially males, are particularly at risk;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights that high-quality ECEC services are a complement to, not a substitute for, a strong welfare system incorporating a broad range of anti-poverty tools; calls on Member States to implement financial redistribution measures, child and family benefits, and other social expenditure in order to address societal poverty;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises that having qualified and well-trained staff working with young children has the most notable impact on the quality of ECEC services,is beneficial and, as such, calls on Member States to raise professional standards by introducing recognised qualifications for those working in the ECEC field;,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages Member States to ensure that all qualified ECEC staff are ideally paid a salary in line with that of primary school teacherspaid a fair salary;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on Member States to address the problem of the gendering of care work by implementing policies to increase the numbers of men on ECEC courses, ensuring where possible that at least 20% are male;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets the lack of empirical data on yPoints out that despite the existence of vast amounts of empirical data on the subject (National Association for the Education of Young cChildren; calls for more extensive, UNICEF, International Early Years Education Journal, OECD etc.), there is still a need to better understand childhood development in early years education; calls for further investigation and research across the EU, which takinges into account the cultural diversity of Member States;,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recommends that a dedicated unit within the Commission develops a resource base profiling Member States‘ ECEC provision in order to facilitMember States cooperate theand exchange of best practices and to build on andin order to improve existing ECEC targets;programmes,