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ECE Centres Call For Ministerial Powers Bill To Be Thrown Out
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 9:02 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is opposing a controversial Bill that grants the Minister of Education the power to dictate how private businesses use government subsidies, in a submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee this morning. “This ... More >>
Pay Parity Funding Reality Falls Short Of The Hype
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 12:13 pm | Early Childhood Council
Many early learning providers are finding the latest government announcement on closing the pay gap will leave them out of pocket. Signing community-owned and privately-owned centres up to six steps of a pay rate from the Kindergarten Teachers Collective Agreement ... More >>
90% Of Early Learning Centres Say Funding Increase Won’t Cover Skyrocketing Costs
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 1:03 pm | Early Childhood Council
The 1.2% increase in per-child subsides on offer to community and privately owned early learning centres won’t cover rising costs, according to an Early Childhood Council survey. 90% of centres surveyed sad the 1.2% funding boost falls far behind ... More >>
Early Learning Centres Left Shortchanged By Funding Increase
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 8:53 am | Early Childhood Council
Many early learning providers are questioning if they can afford to opt-in to the teacher Pay Parity funding scale, saying it’s set to leave them worse off, when they can least afford it. “For many, the funding increase won’t cover the ... More >>
Don’t Trojan Horse Kindergarten Conditions Into Centres
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 6:31 am | Early Childhood Council
Community and privately-owned early learning centres are worried conditions they didn’t sign up for will be forced upon them under the latest teacher Pay Parity policy. To keep moving toward Pay Parity, centres must opt in to the Kindergarten ... More >>
Small Budget Boost For Early Learning Centres May Not Be Enough For Some
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:21 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the 1.2% increase in operational support for early learning centres announced in today’s Budget, but warns it’s only a start toward what’s required. “We support the continued moves toward Pay Parity, ... More >>
Early Learning Providers Hoping For Budget Lifeline
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 8:27 am | Early Childhood Council
Community and privately owned early learning providers are hoping for a funding boost, alongside the investment in teacher pay, in today’s budget. “Our teachers are at the heart of ECE, and the continued moves to Pay Parity have been welcomed ... More >>
Hope For The Future On Early Learning Funding Review
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 11:30 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed moves to ECE teacher pay parity, and the Minister’s signals the funding system is set to be overhauled. “While we’re disappointed centres’ rising costs haven’t been addressed today, we’re delighted ... More >>
Early Learning Not Invited To MIQ Lolly Scramble
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 11:38 am | Early Childhood Council
The early learning sector has been excluded from MIQ spaces freed up for refugees, students, and construction and RSE workers. “In the middle of a severe teacher shortage that’s putting early learning centres out of business, we’ve been left ... More >>
Early Learning Centres Asking For Small Slice Of $926m Budget Pie
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 3:46 pm | Early Childhood Council
Struggling Early Childhood Education providers say a modest part of the $926 million recovery budget would help them stay open and re-invest in the children they care for. Early learning centres were instrumental in allowing essential workers to do ... More >>
One ECC Centre Could Close Every Week In 2021
Friday, 23 April 2021, 6:47 am | Early Childhood Council
2021 could be the year an early learning centre shuts its doors weekly, with a perfect storm of economic factors forcing providers to take desperate measures. “I’d field a call a week from a provider that’s in trouble and facing shutting down,” ... More >>
Ministry Of Education’s Own Data Contradicts Ministerial Advice
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 6:06 am | Early Childhood Council
Fears have been raised that incorrect advice received by Minister of Education Chris Hipkins is affecting decisions around early learning centre closures. This comes after Minister Hipkins said ‘I am advised that ECE closures are fewer than this ... More >>
ECE Needs Flight Plan Overhaul, Not Flying Squads
Monday, 12 April 2021, 2:10 pm | Early Childhood Council
News the Ministry of Education is bringing back a Provider Assessment Group, a ‘surprise visit’ investigation unit that shut down 17 early learning services will only add to providers’ woes. There’s no question safety and quality comes first, and we ... More >>
Anti-choking Confusion Isn’t Going Away
Friday, 9 April 2021, 4:39 pm | Early Childhood Council
If you think the anti-choking guidelines issue has settled down, ask those on the front line trying to make sense of it all. Recent commentary suggests that if the Ministry of Health’s directives are easy to understand and apply, then “...why ... More >>
Early Learning Centre Funding Freeze Turns Ten
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 11:44 am | Early Childhood Council
In May, it will be ten years since Early Childhood Education centre funding was frozen. Centre owners and managers hope this unwanted milestone will end in this year’s budget. “Underinvestment is everywhere in early learning. Teacher pay ... More >>
Ten Years Too Long To Wait For ECE Centre Funding Increase
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 2:42 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early learning centres are asking the government to include them on pay parity funding increases in the upcoming budget. The government has signalled the pay gap between centre and kindergarten teachers will be closed over the next few budgets. With no ... More >>
Solution To ECE Teacher Shortage Stuck Overseas
Monday, 22 March 2021, 3:28 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Education is the latest sector to be hit by managed isolation holdups. Qualified early learning educators set to help solve New Zealand’s early learning teacher shortage are way down the list for spots in MIQ. “The teacher shortage ... More >>
Early Learning Wage Subsidy Applications Fall Off A Cliff
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 1:53 pm | Early Childhood Council
The number of Wage Subsidy applications by early learning providers has dramatically declined since the first lockdown according to an Early Childhood Council survey. While 90% of providers surveyed applied for the subsidy in June 2020, that falls ... More >>
Early Learning Fairness Call Must Extend To Centres
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 2:19 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council welcomes the early learning sector speaking with a united voice on teacher pay parity – but warns that community and privately-owned centres can’t keep missing out. “Resources are tight and must be used strategically. ... More >>
Teachers Still Paid 30% More In Kindergartens Than Centres
Friday, 26 February 2021, 4:39 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Ministry of Education’s own data shows the pay gap between teachers in kindergartens and early learning centres hasn’t gone anywhere. The Ministry’s Early Childhood Education Remuneration Report Summary 2020 shows the average hourly wage for a qualified ... More >>
