Lac La Biche is located approximately 215 km from Edmonton Alberta. Our site has been in operation for 28 years since 1995. We are located at 10147-105 st near the west side of LLb near the lake. We have a not-for-profit board: Lac La Biche Regional Awasisak & family Development Circle Association. Under this board two Head Start sites are overseen, Kikino and Lac La Biche.
Our staff positions are a Coordinator that oversees operations of the program, an Educator and a Co-Educator that are in the classroom. A Family Support Worker that liaises with registered families and a Program Support Worker that drives the bus and maintains the building’s appearance.
We accept Aboriginal children ages 3–5 years of age. Our operational hours are 8:30 to 4:30 pm with the children attending Licensed hours from 10:00 am to 1:50 pm. We provide optional snack in the morning and family-style lunch.
Our program believes that the child is the mighty learner. Our programming is based on observations of the child and are child-led, meaning we observe interests and provide the materials that encourage play. We provide outside play daily and we offer a variety of messy and risky play using loose parts.
Some of the programming that we offer for the children to prepare them for later years is Handwriting without tears, Book bag home literacy program, Speech therapist assessments, dental programs and cultural programming.
The Family support worker program offers a variety of programming that includes home visits, triple-P parenting, ASQ’s and Developmental Support Programs.