Safety Checking of Staff and Others under the Children’s Act

Safety checking is required of every person who has or may have access to children as part of their work, such as cleaners and cooks at early childhood services, must be safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014 before being allowed to start work. The fine to the early childhood service of failing to do this is up to $10,000 upon c

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It is prestigious to belong to the OECE. Membership is usually by invitation. Online applications can be made if you think your service meets the criteria. To be a member a service must have as its first priority a focus on being high-quality for children and families. It must also agree to follow the standards in the Code of Conduct for ECE Services.

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Wages exploitation and bullying of early childhood teaching staff

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 education when referring to unpaid work that is done by teachers. It is almost an expectation in some services that teachers spend hours of their own time setting up, cleaning, attending staff meetings, attending w

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Early Childhood Practitioners Developing an Academic Voice and Tutors Making Sense of the Research Process

The study shares insights into the way undergraduate students who are early childhood practitioners in their final year of study developed an academic voice beyond the walls of a University. It was designed by two University tutors who followed the progress of a number of student/practitioners who came together with the intention of editing and pub

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Father’s Day and Mother’s Day (‘Special Person’s Day)

Mother, Father or Special Person’s Day is a celebration of the special person in a child’s life.

It is an opportunity for children to honour the special person who is raising them, who is being their constant support, and their protector.

These special occasions have an interesting history which you might like to read about here. In this article we also give you lots of early childhood appropriate ideas for different events you could offer at your service and activities including gift making ideas.

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Quality for Children – Results of the 2017 ECE Quality and Employment Survey

Teaching Staff Endorsement of ECE Service Quality. Introduction It goes without saying that the early childhood sector is a major part of NZ’s infrastructure –

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Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC) in Urgent Need of Complete Overhaul

Initially, I set out to write a straightforward description of the Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC). I reviewed newsletters, clippings, quotes, and documents relating to ECAC since its inception in 2009. The topic has often come up in conversations with colleagues, including those who have served on the committee. I also examined Ministry of Education responses to Official Information Act requests: September 2024 (OIA 1335686) and October 2020 (OIA 1243402).

As I began compiling the information, it became clear that ECAC is far more complex than it first appears.

I uncovered details that many in the early childhood education (ECE) sector likely do not know—risks that may even be unknown to some government ministers.

Importantly, ECAC members are under no obligation to look beyond the interests of their own businesses or service types. There is no requirement to consider the broader needs of the sector or the rights and interests of children.

The Ministry of Education has also confirmed that it does not know which licensed services are represented on ECAC, nor how many are excluded.

It has stated that it does not hold this information.

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The Risks of Implicitly Endorsing Third Party Schemes to Parents

Endorsing Third Party Schemes and Products.

What happens when parents see flyers / pamphlets and posters displayed in the entrance way of ECE services or when advertising material is sent home in children’s bags?

These might be from the Ministry of Education to promote the choices that it wants parents to make, or a new government scheme

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