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Childcare Centre Financial Survival Workshops
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 10:59 am | Early Childhood Council
Every early childhood centre in the country is affected by the 2010 Budget. What’s the true impact on your centre? How can you survive these changes? What other options do you have? More >>
Early childhood centres support funding boost
Friday, 20 August 2010, 9:16 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) has praised today’s Government announcement that Waitakere and Northland will be the first two areas to benefit from a nationwide programme to boost the participation of low-income children in early childhood education. More >>
Early childhood centres hit by funding cuts
Friday, 25 June 2010, 9:25 am | Early Childhood Council
Nationwide survey predicts both fee hikes and a decline in service quality at early childhood centres More >>
Support For Budget From Early Childhood Sector
Friday, 21 May 2010, 12:27 pm | Early Childhood Council
The largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand says announcements in the Budget have left the early childhood sector with ‘mixed emotions, many of which are positive’. More >>
Delaying early childhood teacher registration
Friday, 30 October 2009, 10:04 am | Early Childhood Council
Moving the 80 per cent target for early childhood teacher registration out two years to 2012 is welcomed but will not solve the sector's current and damaging staff shortages, says the Early Childhood Council. Chief executive Sarah Farquhar says the number ... More >>
Child Education Centres Support Improvements
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 1:26 pm | Early Childhood Council
The largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand (with more than 1000 community and commercially owned centre members) has hailed Government reductions in early childhood bureaucracy as ‘prudent and sensible’. More >>
Council Mourns Loss of Brian Donnelly
Monday, 29 September 2008, 10:48 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) notes with sadness the death last week of former New Zealand First MP Brian Donnelly. More >>
Early Childhood Council warns of teacher shortages
Sunday, 4 May 2008, 5:40 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council CEO Sue Thorne has today warned that workforce pressures – particularly teacher shortages – are the biggest challenge facing the early childhood sector. More >>
Early childhood conference will have a real impact
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 9:53 am | Early Childhood Council
New Zealands largest annual conference for early childhood professionals starts in Wellington tomorrow with 685 delegates booked to attend a packed three day programme. More >>
Early Childhood Conference Sold Out
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:27 am | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Conference Sold Out Six weeks before the event, New Zealand’s largest annual conference for early childhood professionals has already sold out, with 650 delegates booked to attend the three-day conference in Wellington and many more disappointed ... More >>
Early Childhood Council To Issue Guidelines
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 2:36 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is set to release (14 March 2008) a 'how-to-do-it' for those running the boards and committees of community-based early childhood centres. More >>
Poorer kids denied early childhood education
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 9:54 am | Early Childhood Council
The largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres in New Zealand has spoken in support of Salvation Army concerns that availability of early childhood education is 'heavily biased against poorer urban communities'. More >>
Council recommends 20 free be resisted
Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:54 am | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council recommends 20 free be resisted by both early childhood centres and the parents of preschoolers More >>
Uptake of 20 hours free low, likely to get lower
Friday, 30 March 2007, 4:31 pm | Early Childhood Council
The likely uptake of 20 hours free ECE by early childhood centres was low and likely to get lower, the Early Childhood Council’s (ECC) annual conference was told today. (30 March) More >>
An historic moment for early childhood education
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 4:43 pm | Early Childhood Council
My name is Sue Thorne. I head the Early Childhood Council, the largest representative body of licensed early childhood education centres in New Zealand. We have 1000 member centres that are both community and privately owned, that teach 50,000 children and ... More >>
Many to miss out on free early childhood education
Friday, 2 February 2007, 11:01 am | Early Childhood Council
An Early Childhood Council (ECC) survey has found few early childhood centres intending to offer the Government¹s 20 hours free early childhood education. More >>
Many to miss out on free early childhood education
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:33 am | Early Childhood Council
An Early Childhood Council (ECC) survey has found few early childhood centres intending to offer the Government¹s 20 hours free early childhood education. More >>
Downsides In Flexibility Law
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 10:24 am | Early Childhood Council
Employers and employees already have the ability to negotiate flexible working hours and there is no need for a flexibility law, says Early Childhood Council CEO Sue Thorne. More >>
Minister Praised by Early Childhood Sector
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:42 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) has thanked Minister of Education Steve Maharey for extending the deadline for early childhood centres to achieve 50 per cent qualified staff. More >>
Absence of men from childcare 'national disgrace'
Monday, 25 September 2006, 5:22 pm | Early Childhood Council
New Zealand's largest representative body of licensed early childhood centres has called for a partnership between Government and childcare organizations to encourage more men into childcare. More >>
