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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
Becoming a Home-based Educator
The Joys, the Disappointments, and Why One Home-based Educator Knows She Has Made the Right Job Choice. After nine years working in early childhood centres…
Zoo Trip
Zoo Trip With Children. Everybody loves a cuddly furry animal, so the zoo is a great destination for a day trip for adults and…
Implementing Primary Caregiving – Issues
Te Whāriki states that infants in particular should experience “unhurried and calm caregiving practices for feeding, sleeping and nappy changing.” So despite the barriers for…
Learning from Disabled Children – How Early Childhood Professionals Can Help
Learning from Disabled Children. By Tim Kahn This article on Learning from Disabled Children is written from a UK perspective. Some terminology may not be…
Service Provider Member Posts
Food Allergy Management
Food Allergy Management. Sharing a sweet treat on your birthday is great fun, but in an early childhood setting it can be more complicated than…
Caring for Yourself When Managing or Leading an ECE Service/s
Caring for yourself when managing a service or in the role of a leader. And, the responsibilities that owners and governance committees must meet in…
How to do a Press Release Right
Education Press Release. If you are planning to invite a local reporter along to your event or send an education press release out to manage…
What Records to Retain and How Long
Retention of Records: Paperwork and what's Required to be Kept by the Ministry and Various Agencies, including IRD and the Charities Commission. Issues of safety,…
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Changing Roles and Responsibilities: The Development of Coaching in Early Intervention
This paper examines if coaching has a potential role in helping authentic collaborative partnerships between early intervention teachers and early childhood educators and families. Coaching…
Index for the NZ Research in ECE Journal 1998, Vol 1
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 1, 1997/8 are shown below. To view…
Generic or Specific? Deciphering the New Zealand Approach to Professional Standards for Early Childhood
Research exploring why NZ has taken the approach to professional standards for early childhood teachers that it has - generic to the primary and secondary…
Talking with Children in Prams and Supermarket Trolleys While Shopping
Abstract: Children’s language development is influenced by the amount and quality of interactions that they are immersed in. This study investigated the parent-child interactions that…
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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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