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Report Finds ECE Regulation Is Not Fit For Purpose
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 9:47 am | Early Childhood Council
“Many of the concerns we raised on providers’ behalf, including our community-based members, have been heard. Change is desperately needed and it’s now on the way, thank goodness.” More >>
Country Kindy Successfully Repels Ministry Of Education’s Aggressive Approach In Legal Action, Raising Renewed Questions
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 4:59 pm | Early Childhood Council
“MoE doesn’t seem ready to face accountability for what they did to Country Kindy. In this case they even engaged high-powered lawyers to try to bully its opponent into the ground – when is enough, enough?” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
ECE Clarifications Welcome, But There’s More Work To Do In The Regulation Review
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 5:57 pm | Early Childhood Council
‘Misconceptions in ECE can perpetuate when Ministry of Education officials make their own interpretations of the regulations, when in fact the system allows ECE centres a good level of flexibility in how they could comply. It’s great to see ... More >>
Meaningful Changes For Home-based ECE Providers Welcomed By ECC
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 11:09 am | Early Childhood Council
“Home-based services were shackled with impractical and illogical new teacher qualification standards by the previous Government, but today’s announcement will provide them with relief,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
Government Food Programme Will Boost ECE Outcomes
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 1:37 pm | Early Childhood Council
ECC was really happy with the Government listening to feedback and refining the targeting to ensure children who need food most will now get it, instead of the blunt approach initially put forward. More >>
Pay Parity Principle Let Down By MOE Policy And Delivery
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 12:44 pm | Early Childhood Council
Increased childcare fees for parents and centre closures have been the net effect of the Pay Parity policy, which is intended to close the pay gap between kindergarten and education and care teachers. More >>
Welcome ECE Relief Teacher Pay Parity Change Will Help Centres’ Bottom Lines
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:56 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council says removing Pay Parity rates for relief teachers will help centres balance the books and bring teachers back to permanent roles.“We’ve called for this for some time, and... More >>
Meaningful ECE Change Will Take Bold Decisions From The Regulation Ministry
Friday, 13 September 2024, 8:59 am | Early Childhood Council
The ECC says the regulatory burden is a major challenge facing the sector, alongside the fundamentally flawed Pay Parity policies where teacher salaries are under-funded by government. More >>
MOE Must Learn The Lessons Of Country Kindy Case
Thursday, 12 September 2024, 12:36 pm | Early Childhood Council
Manawatu’s Country Kindy has regained its full operating licence and is taking enrolments, bringing a two year saga to an end and giving a rural community its childcare centre back. Everyone involved with Country Kindy are grateful this process has come ... More >>
Oral Language Development Recommendations Can’t Be Delivered For Free
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 12:32 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is concerned the Education Review Office’s early oral language development report and recommendations increases unfunded workload on ECE teachers. More >>
Ombudsman, Ministry Of Education Not Bothered About Getting Their Sums Wrong
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 9:41 am | Early Childhood Council
“It’s inexplicable that misinformed, inaccurate information is being put out there by a government department and no-one seems bothered. Complaints to the Minister and Ombudsman have failed. The ECE Regulatory Review cannot come soon enough,” ... More >>
Education Review Office Pragmatism Will Really Help The Sector While The Regulation Review Is Underway
Friday, 26 July 2024, 3:03 pm | Early Childhood Council
In the regulatory review, ECC intends to suggest that ERO focus on curriculum delivery reviews rather than the Ministry, because it’s not efficient or effective to have two agencies with radically different approaches climbing over each other. More >>
Country Kindy To Stay Open
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 10:09 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the decision to grant a stay of cancellation of licence so that Manawatu’s Country Kindy can continue operating for 12 weeks while their appeal progresses, and alleged issues can be resolved. More >>
Country Kindy’s Fate In Ministry Of Education’s Hands
Monday, 8 July 2024, 9:33 am | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council CEO Simon Laube said “Country Kindy should be supported, not closed. When the Ministry says there’s curriculum non-compliance, but an experienced, independent ECE specialist can’t find curriculum non-compliance just last week, ... More >>
MoE Running Roughshod Over ECE Centres - Manawatu Kindy To Be Closed Without Valid Reason
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 2:09 pm | Early Childhood Council
A rural Manawatu early childhood centre is set to lose its operating licence on Monday for alleged breaches of regulations, in a long-running case of the Ministry of Education singling out a vibrant centre with strong community support, according to the Early ... More >>
One Simple Fix Needed For Spiralling ECE Relief Teacher Agency Fees
Monday, 1 July 2024, 9:52 am | Early Childhood Council
Spiralling relief teacher agency fees can be quickly brought down by excluding Early Childhood Education relief teachers employed in agencies from Pay Parity, say the Early Childhood Council. More >>
ECE Network Management’s Removal A Case Of Commonsense
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 12:49 pm | Early Childhood Council
The policy has long been criticised as onerous and unworkable, having been implemented and expanded without adequate sector consultation, with the subsequent lack of certainty scaring off community groups and small private providers alike. More >>
ECE Review An Opportunity To Return Focus To Children Without Costly Over-Regulation
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 1:17 pm | Early Childhood Council
The ECC, who represent 1,523 childcare centres throughout New Zealand, are well underway engaging on the review, starting to gather a second round of feedback from members on their experience and recommendations when working with current regulations. More >>
ECE Sector Innovation Supports FamilyBoost
Friday, 31 May 2024, 5:14 pm | Early Childhood Council
“Every parent wants quality education for their youngest children, and Budget 2024 helps deliver that by subsidising New Zealand’s most unaffordable childcare in the OECD,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
Budget 2024 Will Keep ECE Lights On, But Gaps Remain
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 6:09 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Education centres will be able to keep the lights on with the cost adjustment announced in today’s Budget, but little else. More >>
