Home-based Service Start-Up.
We profile a successful private Home-based Early Childhood Education Service based from Christchurch, and talk with the co-owner about the ins and outs of a home-based service start-up.
Veronica Kidd is the co-owner of a Home-based Early Childhood Education service.
She has a Diploma of Teaching (ECE) and i
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Log in with your member details to read more. If your membership has lapsed and you’d like to renew – or if you’re interested in becoming a member – just get in touch with us and we’ll help you get started.
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Matariki is coming – and with it comes a powerful moment for cultural learning in ECE.
Matariki became an official public holiday in 2022. It is the first national public holiday in Aotearoa specifically dedicated to celebrating mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge).
This article offers presents teaching and learning activities for marking this event in your early childhood service or at home with young children.
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When it reappears, it is a signal that the Māori New Year has begun.
Here’s the latest data and why more early childhood education centres than ever are agreeing to pay teachers at full ‘pay parity’ wage rates.
More early childhood education centres than ever before have agreed to pay teachers at the full pay parity salary rates, the latest attestation data released by the Ministry of Education shows.
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