ECE Employer Guide to Employing and Managing Staff

The ECE Employer Guide is for all managers and persons who employ or are involved in the recruitment and employment of staff. It is a comprehensive resource with detailed information on employment matters as well as on managing your team.

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

Already a Service Provider Member?

Not a member? Service owners, managers, and community organisations may apply to join as a service provider.

Five Reasons to Join Us

1. Marketing

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.

Running a parent survey when you want to do one is simple – we handle it for you and provide you with a confidential copy of the results. We will also cover the cost of the survey.

Promoting your service online to parents is taken care of. The OECE has partnered with the My ECE website and the ECE Parents’ Council Aotearoa to give members free advertising for their service. For details directly contact My ECE

2. Professional

Free subscription access to the ECE Newsroom – your service provider member login will let you view everything in the ECE Newsroom.

Complimentary access to over 25 years of published NZ and international research – your service provider member login gives you free access to the Research Library and support.

3. Management

Management and ECE employment resources and advice will be at your finger-tips 24/7. We have so much available in the service provider area of our website – ranging from templates for policies, guidance on managing cashflow and debtors, staff drug use, negotiating pay with staff, and through to topics such as best sandpit design.

We will make running a staff survey simple for you. You can use our specially designed survey. We collect the results and will provide you with a confidential report of the findings. (50% discount available to service provider members).

4. Representation

Did you know that the OECE meets personally and regularly with the Ministry of Education national team, and the regulations committee and other forums?

Political leaders and journalists are able to use the OECE to gain deeper knowledge on a topic or issue, and we provide a sounding board for ideas and feedback.

Members have a direct line of communication with Dr Sarah Alexander, to bring to Sarah’s attention and discuss what’s affecting your service and community of children, families, and staff.

5. Value for Money

We are committed to keeping membership prices affordable and providing value for money.

Membership rates start at just $250 for 12-months. Or join for 2 years for only $350. For providers with multiple licensed services, the rates reduce per service the more licensed services you operate.

Has this been useful? Give us your feedback.

You are welcome to add a link to this page on your website. Copyright belongs to the OECE so please do not copy any content without our written permission.

Information provided is of a general nature. It is provided ‘as is’, and we accept no liability for its accuracy or completeness. See our Terms and Conditions.

Getting a Job with your ECE Qualification

Getting a job. How can my ECE qualification help me to get a job? With an early childhood teaching qualification you may find yourself attractive

overworked teachers and kindergarten staffing issues

School Entry Assessments

School Entry Assessments.

One of the most important things an early childhood service can do for its older children is to help them prepare for school.

Shortly after they begin school new entrants will be assessed by their teachers.

These assessments are called school entry assessments and take place between four and eight weeks afte

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

coming back to NZ from overseas and seeking a teaching position

Plane Spotting and Tracking

Plane Spotting at the ECE Service.

Going plane spotting is easy. You can do this now without leaving home or your early childhood service.

There are thousands of learning possibilities…

Technology – tracking planes, use of real timeGeography – different countriesMaths – comparing land masses, number of planes, altitude, speed, di

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

Men Should Change Nappies

Men Change Nappies – Men Who Change Nappies, Change the World. By Bryan G. Nelson.

Changing the nappies of other people’s children is something that few people, men or women, usually rush to do. And nappy changing is commonly viewed as a woman’s task anyway so we shouldn’t worry if men do it or not. Or should we?

I remember wor

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

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

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

Transforming Difficult Relationships with Senior Staff or Committee Members

Strong relationships are essential in ECE, especially when someone in a senior role begins to dominate, micromanage or undermine others. This piece helps leaders shift their focus to building healthy, respectful working relationships through clear boundaries, trust and effective communication.

Sexual Abuse Disclosure by Children

Supporting Children’s Disclosure of Sexual Abuse. By Eric Hollis.

Many parents either are not aware that their child could be a victim at some time of sexual abuse or feel at a loss to know how to protect their children from possible sexual abuse. However, with as many as 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 8 boys falling prey to predators in New Zealand,

This is a member/subscriber only post. To access it, please see the message below for details on access and joining.

ECE Newsroom

For Everyone

Service Provider

Teacher

Research

ECE Employer Guide to Employing and Managing Staff

Already a Service Provider Member?

Five Reasons to Join Us

1. Marketing

2. Professional

3. Management

4. Representation

5. Value for Money

Related Posts

Share This Information

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Quick Links

Free Newsletters and Updates

The Office of ECE Login

Take Action!

1. Share This Information

2. Follow Our Social Pages

3. Get Regular Updates

4. Become a Member