Workforce
Should I be paid if I come in early to open? Fair Work busts 10 common myths
The Fair Work Ombudsman has responded to ten common myths which persist in a variety of sectors, including early childhood education and care (ECEC), often representing pitfalls for younger or less experienced workers.
2 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Providers
Quality
fkaCS extends sympathy about bushfire crisis, offering free resource to support
fka Children’s Services (fkaCS) has extended its deepest sympathies to all families, communities and services affected by the bushfire crisis, also offering deep appreciation to the Victorian Fire Services and those firefighters joining the fight from abroad.
2 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Quality
Research
Whooping cough evolving into superbug: how can you protect babies in your care?
The bacteria which causes whooping cough – a highly contagious bacterial infection which kills over 250,000 children worldwide each year, leaving many others with brain damage – is “becoming smarter” at colonising and feeding off unwitting hosts – whether they have been vaccinated or not – strengthening calls for a new vaccine in coming years, according to UNSW researchers.
2 days ago
by Freya Lucas
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Innovation
Mater moves in to fill Australian made nappy void as Huggies outsources to Asia
Those early childhood education and care (ECEC) services who are conducting a deeper dive into the ethics of consumerism, considering where the goods they purchased are made, by whom, and what the process of manufacture is, may be interested to learn that there is only one disposable nappy maker in Australia to bear the Australian Made logo – Mater.
2 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Providers
EACH team helps to create culturally safe and inclusive environments for ECEC services
In an effort to support local early childhood education and care (ECEC) services and schools the Knox and Maroondah areas of Victoria, the Health Promotion team from EACH, a provider of integrated health, disability, counselling and community mental health services in the eastern states of Australia, has been working with local teams on an educational journey to make their services culturally safe and inclusive.
2 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Quality
ARACY offers scholarships to support ECEC educators to have a voice at Summit
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) has announced a limited number of scholarships, designed to support early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals to attend and lend their expertise to the task of building a better future for babies and toddlers across Australia.
3 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Providers
Quality
Indoor play, hourly monitoring, air conditioners – how services are managing smoke
As early childhood education and care (ECEC) services around Australia grapple with dealing with the limiting effects of hazardous air pollution arising from ongoing bushfires around the country, one question continues to arise – how do we keep children safe?
3 days ago
by Freya Lucas
International
Change nappies, save the world – sustainable push from USC student in Vanuatu
An occupational therapy student from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has stepped in to support disadvantaged families impacted by a world first disposable nappy ban in the small tropical nation of Vanuatu.
3 days ago
by Freya Lucas
Opinions
Leadership
The assumptions, theories and practicalities of room leadership in ECE
Many early learning services operate with various leadership structures that are purposefully designed to help meet certain expectations and benchmarks set forth in quality area seven of the national quality standard. Whilst the process of a leadership structure supports educators to participate as members of a professional team, the realistic practices that are involved in the role of being a leader are often overlooked and are increasingly spoken about as assumptions attributed to the profession.
a month ago
by Sarah Riddell
Quality
Workforce
2020 – Time for a pedagogical reboot?
The early childhood care and education (ECEC) workforce often places the welfare and needs of others above their own. Unique in its position as a profession where relationship building and firing up children’s neurons is a daily key performance indicator, the ECEC sector is a high pressure, high stakes workplace – one where those tasked with the care and education of young children often do not pay due diligence to their own wellbeing.
a month ago
by Karen Hope
Quality
Workforce
Why using the word ‘industry’ to describe the work of ECEC may be harmful
Referring to the complex, layered, emotionally heavy and precise work that educators and leaders do each day as part of the early childhood profession as “being in the industry” evokes a range of reactions, spanning from none to enraged. Below is a piece of critical reflection about the power of word choices, and how they affect the professional image of those working in early childhood.
2 months ago
by Freya Lucas
Media Hub
Quality
Acceptable risk, risk in play, and the role of external experts: In conversation with Andrew Reedy
Research
International
The use of pedagogical documentation technology – PhD reflections
Policy
In conversation with: Craig Pomranz, Made by Raffi author, speaking on identity
Policy
Workforce
One answer to a lack of nature play for older children – Wild Imagination
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Quality
OWNA offers a complete software solution to manage documentation struggles
Documentation is a vital part of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector and the obligations behind ensuring documentation is both valuable and compliant is no small task. Significant documentation regulations must be met by ECEC settings across Australia and these regulations are in place to ensure the highest standards of education and care.
5 days ago
by Freya Lucas
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Quality
Let’s Count – an opportunity for building a solid mathematical foundation for children
Mathematics is a fundamental part of daily life. From paying for food at the supermarket, paying the rent or mortgage, managing the monthly bills, all the way through to ensuring there is enough money left at the end of the month.
3 months ago
by Freya Lucas
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Quality
Need a behaviour chart? Check yourself first
The power of positive interactions in supporting children’s behavioural learning – A Phoenix Cups © Love Cup Filling Plan
4 months ago
by Sandi Phoenix
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Quality
Workforce
Working with Children Checks – monitoring, efficiencies and compliance
Working with Children Checks (WWCC) play an important role in the protection of children in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. The WWCC is not only a valuable pre-employment screening tool, it provides ECEC sites with assurance that people who hold a WWCC will be continuously monitored by the issuer against a comprehensive list of offences that would deem them unsuitable to be in contact with children.
4 months ago
by Rebecca Hine
