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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
Library Trip
Library Trip with Children. Going to the library is a great activity to do either on your own with a child or small group of…
Teaching Literacy – An Early Childhood Educator’s Guide
Guide to Teaching Literacy. By Dr Sarah Alexander. From their earliest speech experiences through to contact with written language and technologies, what happens in children's…
Working More Hours than You are Being Paid
Not Being Paid for Hours Worked. A teacher's work is never done. This is a phrase that are heard all too often in early childhood…
Relieving Work – Relief Teaching
Working as a Reliever in ECE. Most permanent early childhood teachers will have experienced relievers within their services, either from an agency or permanent relievers…
Service Provider Member Posts
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…
Union Rights and ECE Service Provider Duties
Union rights. Whether your early childhood service is party to a collective agreement or not – you need to know the ins and outs of…
The ECE Safety Checklist – Daily Hazard and Safety Checklist
The ECE Safety Checklist - A Daily Hazard and Safety Checklist for Every ECE Service. Checklist items include regulation requirements and reflect learnings from tragic…
How To Have Better Committee Meetings
Better Committee Meetings. “Not another time-waster meeting!” – have you heard a comment like this? I have observed and participated in some great committee and…
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Can Early Years’ Practitioners Facilitate Social Development During Conflicts Between Young Children?
Research on social competence, mediation strategies and how teachers can better manage conflicts between children aged 3 to 5 years in early childhood settings. FULL…
Advanced Empathy in the Early Years – A Risky Strength?
FULL REFERENCE: Hodgkins, A. (2019). Advanced empathy in the early years – a risky strength? NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 22(1), pp.…
Whiteness Scholarship in Early Childhood Education
Research on how racism and 'whiteness' operates within the early childhood research site and research processes. It shows ways that researchers and educators reinforce, rather…
Self and Story in Early Childhood: Children’s Developing Minds Revealed by Parent-led Research
FULL REFERENCE: Boyd, W. (2023). Book Review: Self and story in early childhood: Children’s developing minds revealed by parent-led research. NZ International Research in Early…
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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