Through an initiative offered by the provincial government in the 1970\u2019s, a group of forward-thinking families in our neighbourhood put together a proposal for a parent-run group daycare. The proposal was accepted and Boat Daycare opened its doors in spring 1974. It was licensed by the City of Vancouver in 1976.<\/p>\n
Due to the fact that a large number of the families involved in the start-up of our daycare worked on and around the docks of Vancouver and the fact that the first play structure we had was a boat donated to the centre, it came to be known as Boat Daycare. Although the boat is long gone, but the promise of a parent-run daycare is still alive and kicking.<\/p>\n
The original administration and operation of the daycare was divided between the board, the parents and three full-time staff. As the years passed and family dynamics changed, one part-time shift was expanded into a full-time position. Today, one Senior Supervisor, three full time Early Childhood Educators and the volunteer parent board are responsible for the management and control of the organization and its programs.<\/p>\n
Ultimate responsibility for Boat Daycare and the Boat Daycare Society remains in the hands of parents who work with staff through the parent board. Boat Daycare continues to have a strong parent board that meets monthly to oversee the daycare\u2019s finances and responsibilities under the B.C. Societies Act<\/a>, as well as facilitating parents\u2019 active involvement in the general functioning of the daycare.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Through an initiative offered by the provincial government in the 1970\u2019s, a group of forward-thinking families in our neighbourhood put together a proposal for a parent-run group daycare. The proposal was accepted and Boat Daycare opened its doors in spring 1974. It was licensed by the City of Vancouver in 1976. Due to the fact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/boatdaycare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}