Brooke’s Day: One Child’s Experience in ECE

What is a child’s everyday experience of attending a fulltime early childhood education and care centre? This case study focuses upon one child’s experience within a centre in New Zealand and proposes that meaningful learning can occur when a child attends an early childcare programme. The methods used to gather data were videotaping, an observ

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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 the media reports about something that has happened at your service, it pays to do a bit of planning beforehand to increase your chances of success.

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Teacher Shortage is Not about a Lack of Teachers

Opinion article. November 1, 2018. Dr Sarah Alexander. According to the Early Childhood Council 30 percent of its centres are currently stuck – they have

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Eczema is quite common among young children. Some children grow out of it but this knowledge doesn’t help children, parents and teachers who are daily coping with it. There are times when it will flare up, and when infection happens, and there may be no apparent reason for this. Learn to manage rather than letting it manage you.

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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 is affected by illicit drugs, controlled substances, or alcohol present a serious safety risk.

ECAC: Ministry of Education to Publish Meeting Minutes, But Transparency Questions Remain

ANALYSIS/OPINION – July 3, 2012.

The Ministry of Education has operated an Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC), with membership granted solely by invitation from the Ministry’s Chief Executive.

Until recently, ECAC meetings were held in a largely secretive manner—reporters and others from the early childhood sector were excluded, and minutes and reports were not publicly accessible.

Now, the Ministry has promised that starting with its June 2012 ECAC meeting, agendas, minutes, and papers will be made available online via its website.

This shift raises broader questions about the continued relevance of ECAC and the Ministry’s longstanding reliance on a handpicked group of people/organisations to represent the entire early childhood education (ECE) sector.

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Visiting Teacher Forms for Home Visits

The Visiting Teacher forms we have provided here in sample format are for you to modify according to your service and community. The forms include:

To make a record of a child observation. A letter to thank the child for your visit. Evidence of the home visit and supervision of the educator (the administration record).

Child Observati

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