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Welcome to the Office of Early Childhood Education
National and public adviser on ECE, the OECE is a sector body representing teachers and all types of licensed services driving safer, higher‑quality education for every child
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- Provides membership support to ECE services, teachers, researchers, and community partners
- Actively contributes to sector analysis, research, and policy development
- Advances evidence-based best practices that prioritise children’s interests and wellbeing
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Teacher Member Posts
Speaking Up in ECE: How to Raise Issues in Your Workplace or Community, Influence Change, and Advocate
If something in your workplace or in the wider ECE sector isn’t sitting right with you, you’re not alone - and you’re not powerless. We…
Earthquake Drills, the Turtle Drop and Best Practice
Earthquake Drills and the Turtle Drop OPINIONBy Warwick Marshall A big earthquake shakes while you’re in the kitchen at your house. What do you do? …
Teaching Science and Children’s Scientific Learning
Teaching Science and Children's Scientific Learning. By Rachel Pratt. How many times do you walk into a centre that has a table in the corner,…
Integrated Early Childhood Services for Children and Families
Integrated Early Childhood Services. Joanne M. Alderson. Two buzz words in early childhood education today are ‘collaboration’ and ‘partnership’. They roll off the tip of…
Service Provider Member Posts
Staff Meetings – Agenda and How to Conduct a Meeting
Staff meetings can work really well with the right Agenda and planning. Here's how to achieve and cover what is important and make sure no…
Managing Staff Drug and Alcohol Impairment
Ensuring that staff are not impaired by drugs or alcohol is a fundamental responsibility for every ECE service. Staff whose behaviour or ability to function…
Charging Parents for Late Pick-ups and Early Drop-offs
Late Fee. Should you charge a late fee for late collection of children? Or charge the parents of children who arrive early? Some early childhood services…
Record of Meetings – Writing the Minutes
This explains why and how to keep a record of meetings and what to record when writing the minutes. Why take Minutes Keeping a record…
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Raising Healthy Kids: A Scoping Review for Feeding Practices in NZ Early Childhood Education Centres
FULL REFERENCE: Orr, G. (2021). Raising healthy kids: A scoping review for feeding practices in NZ early childhood education centres. NZ International Research in Early…
The Production of ‘Worthwhile’ Knowledge about Quality in Early Years Education
Confusion over what “quality” means in early childhood education has grown as new stakeholder and postmodern perspectives have emerged. This paper breaks quality into three…
Young Children Becoming Curriculum: Deleuze, Te Whāriki and Curricular Understandings
Marg Sellers contests the usual dichotomisation of children and curriculum, by proposing and developing the notion of re(con)ceiving children in curriculum.
Supporting Teaching Practices to Foster Toddlers’ Emotional Literacy
FULL REFERENCE: Clarke, L.R., McLaughlin, T. W., Aspden, K. & Riley, T. (2021). Supporting teaching practices to foster toddlers’ emotional literacy. NZ International Research in…
What We Do
The Office of ECE drives high-quality care, learning and teaching for all infants and young children and high-quality working environments for teachers and service providers.
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