Village Member Usage Policies

Effective March 1st, 2023

Community Guidelines

The LOVIT Way Village is an online community of Aboriginal Head Start and early childhood education professionals, parents, Elders, staff and community members, stakeholders and funders of Early Learning programs for Indigenous children and their families.

This website has been developed by the Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia ("AHSABC") for use in Aboriginal Head Start (“AHS”) programs across Canada, as well as in other Indigenous programs.

Our vision is for a user-friendly, participatory, culturally-sensitive, tool and process that is based on the AHS Principles and Guidelines, reflects criteria of high quality early learning programs and involves the whole AHS community in the process of planning and growing programs. by Learning to Observe, Value, Inspire and Transform your programs – The LOVIT Way.

The following Community Guidelines are in accordance with our AHS Beliefs and Values, which involve treating everyone with respect, upholding a safe space for all communications, and offering helpful and relevant comments that support and honour other Village members and their cultures. See page 14 of the AHS Principles & Guidelines and We Believe posters.

On registering with The LOVIT Way, new members are screened to ensure that they are representatives and/or community members of established early learning, childcare, or related Indigenous programs. This stringent process may take several days but aims to eliminate the possibility of applicants with fraudulent and/or unethical intentions from being allowed into our safe space.

Participation in The LOVIT Way

Section 1: Program Evaluation Process (PEP)

In Program Evaluation Process (PEP), you and members of your program’s village (including parents, community partners, Elders, etc.) will be able to come together to use the online PEP tool. The intent is that you and your program community will participate together during the process, learn from each other, and grow as a program. The PEP was designed to support you in identifying both strengths and challenges in your current programming, and provide you with an easy and effective way to take action to improve your program and grow.

Section 2: INSPIRE

In Inspire, we welcome your curriculum ideas and suggestions to inspire other members in their program planning. Submissions made online will be screened and may be edited by our Community Manager. The submitter will be contacted if more details are required; final drafts will be approved by the submitter before posting.

Families in AHS programs represent many diverse Nations and cultures. According to the Principles and Guidelines of AHS, the program strives to provide cultural experiences relevant to all community members. With our utmost respect for cultural protocols and differences among all Indigenous Nations, we have included an Acknowledgement of Cultural Diversity* that applies to our web content and all submissions being shared.

Section 3: SHARING CIRCLE

In the Sharing Circle, members are encouraged to discuss their questions and ideas with other members of The LOVIT Way Village. For the safety and care of all members, posts will be monitored to ensure content is friendly and relevant. The LOVIT Way has built-in security features and filters. Comments can be flagged by users, and will be moderated and deleted if unacceptable.

COMMUNITY MODERATION

The LOVIT Way moderators have authority to remove content and may terminate the access privileges of a member, where the member's contributions to The LOVIT Way violate these Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.

Respect

The LOVIT Way brings together a diverse community of beliefs and backgrounds and members may disagree with the contributions of others. Disagreeable content does not, by itself, violate these Community Guidelines. Members’ posts will be removed when:
  • posts contain hate speech, or anything that is otherwise illegal
  • posts contain content that is libelous, defamatory, harassing, malicious or threatening,
  • posts contain sexual or obscene content,
  • posts promote commercial products or services,
  • posts impersonate others, or
  • posts contain the personal information of third parties without consent.

Relevance

The LOVIT Way community is dedicated to AHS and early childhood education for Indigenous children. Posts and contributions should be relevant to this community and to the development of successful programs across the country.

* Acknowledgement of Cultural Diversity

All Nations have their own cultural teachings and stories. Each Inspire experience is being shared with good intentions. You are encouraged to seek guidance and teachings that are reflective and respectful of the community and territories you are in. The intention is to provide inspiration to readers who can then create learning experiences in their own programs.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact support@thelovitway.ca.

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