Retaining Early Childhood Teachers: What Factors Contribute to High Job Satisfaction?

The results of a study on why early childhood teachers leave their jobs and factors such as better adult-to-child ratios that contribute to satisfaction in the workplace. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.

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So it’s no surprise that young children can seem particularly grumpy and out of sorts at the start of the daylight saving period.

In Aotearoa, daylight saving begins on the last Sunday of September, when 2am becomes 3am.

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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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High Teacher Turnover at a Centre of a Large Service Provider where Children are seen only as numbers

High teacher turnover and the Centre owner had the attitude that if parents didn’t like how it was managed, they could leave This opinion article

Children as Teachers: Creating Opportunities for Children to Share Expertise with their Peers

In early childhood centres young children have the opportunity to interact with their peers in a play based environment. Play takes a central role and is a way by which children may challenge and extend each other’s thinking. Current accounts of how children learn and develop recognise the importance of peer interactions in this process. The stud

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Heuristic Play and Treasure Baskets

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In the modern world where many toys are made of shiny coloured plastic and have buttons to press with flashing lights and noises, it is often easy to forget that simple things can interest and stimulate young children.

In fact these simple things can often be better for them as they have a wider range of textures an

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