Our Team

Administration & Educators

Devonshire Childcare Centre hires Registered Early Childcare Educators (RECE), along with Educational assistants that bring with them experience and skills in the childcare field who may be working towards their RECE or their Otherwise approved status with the Ministry of Education. RECE’s are registered with the College of Early Childhood Educators (CECE) which is their professional association. As members of this association, a Code of Ethics binds them and all staff who work in this field. Staff and volunteers are required to have their Police Records Check, their first aid/cpr and epi-pen training.

Administrators and Educators

Board of Directors

Orllie Gogolin and Susan Bouffard share the responsibilities of the Executive Director at Devonshire Child Care Centre as Co-Executive Directors.

Every parent or staff who is a member of the community is eligible to run in the annual elections to take a leadership role, by serving a term on the Board of Directors. Parents are encouraged to be involved in governance and to share opinion and expertise.

The Board of Directors delegates responsibility and authority for management functions to the Executive Director to act on the Board’s behalf as the employer to;
• Manage and make decisions on the day-to-day operations for the organization
• Recruits, hires, supervises, and develops competent employees, and releases incompetent employees
• Assist and advise the Board on compliance requirements and operating the organization
• Implement all policies adopted by the Board
• Recommend appropriate policy issues for the Board’s attention
• Service as the ED of the organization

The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that the organization is operated in compliance with the Child Care and Early Years Act, Municipal Regulatory Bodies, Public Health Department, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Fire Department, the Employment Standards Act and other mandated legislative requirements.

The Executive Director is responsible for making decisions regarding the strategic and operational needs for employees, programs, execution, and the expansion of the organization’s mission and pedagogical philosophies.