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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 >>
93% Of ECE Community Want Lunchbox Rules Paused
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 3:39 pm | Early Childhood Council
A poll across the Early Childhood Education community found 93% in favour of pausing the ‘lunchbox rules’, or the Ministry of Education’s new Food Safety/choking changes to the Licensing Criteria, which came into effect on 25 January. “The message ... More >>
ECC Calls For Pause On Lunchbox Rules
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:43 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is calling for the implementation of new early learning centre food safety rules to be paused so that issues that have emerged through its roll out can be worked through. The issue is about preventing children from choking, ... More >>
Guidelines, Not Food Police, The Right Approach
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:42 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council welcome the new guidelines for child food safety, provided room remains for ECE centre discretion. “We deeply sympathise with everyone involved in the incident that prompted the review, and agree children’s safety is paramount. ... More >>
Surveys Show Limited Support For ECE Pay Equity Claims
Friday, 18 December 2020, 8:40 am | Early Childhood Council
Support for Pay Equity claims in the Early Childhood Education sector is limited, according to Early Childhood Council surveys. The ECC asked if respondents preferred Pay Parity (same pay for the same job), or Pay Equity, (increasing all teachers’ ... More >>
Ministry Of Education High Trust Vision Will Fail If ECE Remains Unequal
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 10:44 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council says the ‘educationally powerful connections’ vision set out in the Ministry of Education’s Briefing for Incoming Education Minister will be handicapped by the broken early learning funding model. The Ministry sees ... More >>
Early Childcare Education needs action, not debate
Thursday, 14 November 2019, 9:51 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is calling on the government to not take their eye off the ball while working on the future of education. More >>
Immigration NZ changes set to make teacher shortage worse
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 4:30 pm | Early Childhood Council
Kiwi kids are set to keep missing out on early childhood education thanks to conflicting government policy. Recently announced immigration changes are setting the Minister of Education’s Early Childhood Education support package up to fail. More >>
Early Childhood Teacher Shortage Support Package Response
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 5:16 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council welcomes the news today from the Minister of Education, Hon Chris Hipkins, that he is beginning to recognise the teacher shortage crisis in the early childhood education (ECE) sector and the impacts that this is already ... More >>
Government ignores impending childcare disaster
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 2:07 pm | Early Childhood Council
The latest response by the Ministry of Education to an Official Information Act request confirms nothing is being done to relieve the pressure childcare centres are under as a result of the current teacher shortage. More >>
Early Childhood Council presents petition to Parliament
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 10:04 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council today delivered a petition to Parliament seeking scrutiny of the way the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is applied to Pasifika early childhood education teachers. More >>
Early learning strategic plan ambitious
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 9:05 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) says the draft Strategic Plan for early learning sets ambitious goals to achieve in a decade, given the fact we have a significant teacher shortage in New Zealand currently. More >>
Govt teacher drive ignores teacher shortages in ECE
Monday, 15 October 2018, 12:41 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) wants to know: why this government is ignoring the early childhood sector teacher shortages? More >>
Review of home-based ECE services welcomed
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 2:47 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Ministry of Education has released a range of proposed changes to home-based ECE services for feedback to help inform final decisions. The proposed changes are part of a whole of education sector reform programme. More >>
ECE standards and quality supported by complaints Processes
Wednesday, 11 July 2018, 3:11 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) welcomes the findings of the 2017 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Complaint and Incidents Report, released by the Ministry of Education today. The ECC is pleased to note New Zealand continues to have high standards for ... More >>
Budget funding for early childhood education underwhelming
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:52 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) says the 1.6% Budget increase announced for early childhood education centre universal funding is significantly underwhelming. More >>
Complaints processes support high standards
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 3:54 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council welcomes the findings of the 2016 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Complaint and Incidents Report, and is pleased to note New Zealand continues to have a high standard for early childhood education. More >>
Time to discuss 'quality' ECE and define it
Monday, 5 March 2018, 12:35 pm | Early Childhood Council
Here, in New Zealand, we have a world-class ECE curriculum to implement, Te Whaariki, and a high uptake of ECE services. We also have a model that offers variety of ECE services and parental choice. Those delivering ECE provide care, dedication, teaching, ... More >>
ECC welcomes inclusive approach to education sector changes
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 5:11 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) looks forward to participating in meaningful and inclusive discussions, meetings, and consultations on proposed changes to the education sector that affect early childhood education. More >>
Early Childhood Council calls for balanced view
Monday, 18 December 2017, 6:39 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council (ECC) says so-called research released today about the early childhood education (ECE) sector lacks integrity and needs to be taken with a grain of salt. More >>
