Early Childhood Sector

22 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491049416{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]I hope everyone has recovered from the challenging summer of heatwaves and storms. I know that I’m very much looking forward to autumn and the end of daylight saving! I thought...

03 Nov

Posted at 14:47h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491049416{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]By now you will have adapted your practices to the recent changes to the NQF.  Most of these changes focus on tightening policies and procedures to ensure children’s safety which,...

05 Sep

Posted at 11:49h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491049416{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Wednesday 6th September is Early Childhood Educators' Day – a special day to celebrate your critical contribution to our communities. When I talk to Educators, read comments on Facebook, or...

03 Jul

Posted at 11:30h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491049416{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Winter is here and the winds of change blow fast and slow! Yet again the shortage of Early Childhood Educators has hit the headlines - 'Australia needs 16,000 new educators...

02 Apr

Posted at 12:00h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680489100205{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]This week, two diverse but perhaps not unrelated news items caught my attention. The first was an ABC article on Artificial Intelligence (AI) announcing the next evolution in AI –...

01 Feb

Posted at 00:00h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491049416{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Happy New Year! We are hoping that 2023 will at last bring back a sense of normality following three years of uncertainty. I understand that recruitment and retention of quality Educators...

30 Nov

Posted at 12:25h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491069660{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the year that was in our ‘lucky country’.  Two things have stood out for me in the last...

31 Oct

Posted at 10:44h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491203504{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]You will be aware that ACECQA, on behalf of all governments, has engaged a national consortium led by a partnership between Macquarie University, Queensland University of Technology and Edith Cowan...

30 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680491262004{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]As you are aware, a prominent issue facing the industry is a critical shortage of Diploma educators and Early Childhood teachers. The introduction of the new Early Childhood Education and...

08 Sep

Posted at 02:33h in Early Childhood Sector by
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1680490684823{margin-top: -50px !important;}"][vc_column_text]Should the EC profession in NSW and Victoria be excited about the combined $15 billion promise to provide universal preschool for all four-year-olds by 2030? Should we be excited by the Labor’s commitment to increased...