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Pay Parity Deal A Broken Promise To Early Learning
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 6:23 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Minister of Education has let down teachers and centres alike with a watered down Pay Parity offer. “It’s a let down for early learning providers and the teachers they employ. Centres don’t want the Kindergarten Teachers Collective Agreement ... More >>
Early learning centres under stress
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 2:45 pm | Early Childhood Council
Level 3 re-opening requirements putting early learning centres under stress Early learning providers are being put in an impossible situation by the Ministry of Education’s requirements to re-open in Alert Level 3. Early Childhood Education centres are being ... More >>
Government Short-changes ECE Teachers’ Pay Parity Funding
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 10:45 am | Early Childhood Council
Early learning centres say the government’s $170m budget initiative to close the pay gap between kindergarten and early learning centre teachers is short-changing the sector to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and is unaffordable to ... More >>
Twenty Day Wait Is Too Long For Police Checks
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 6:27 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is calling on the Police to reduce the time required for a pre-employment Vet Report from twenty to five days through proper resourcing, to give small businesses certainty in recruiting. “I sympathise with the Police ... More >>
ECE Centres Need More Support Through RSV Outbreak
Friday, 9 July 2021, 3:31 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has called for more support for early learning centres coping with the RSV outbreak. “We’re told this is outbreak is business as usual – it doesn’t feel that way to us,” said ECC CEO Peter Reynolds. “A growing ... More >>
Peter Reynolds To Step Down As Early Childhood Council CEO
Friday, 9 July 2021, 9:10 am | Early Childhood Council
After more than a decade leading the Early Childhood Council, CEO Peter Reynolds announced he is to step down at the Council’s Annual General Meeting this evening. “Leading the ECC in partnership with the Executive has been my absolute pleasure, ... More >>
Border Exemption For Early Learning Teachers, 80 Discretionary Hours Welcomed By Providers
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 4:09 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed today’s announcement of a new Border Exemption class for up to 300 qualified teachers to enter New Zealand, and discretionary hours rising to 80. “In a severe teacher crisis, this is a real boost,” said ... More >>
Employment Conditions For Private Businesses Bill To Pass Despite ECE Sector Opposition
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 6:28 am | Early Childhood Council
A Bill giving the Education Minister power to impose employment conditions on private ECE businesses is set to be passed, despite strong opposition from the early learning sector. Over 560 submissions were received on the Education and Training (Grants—Budget ... More >>
Government Needs To Come Clean On ECE Centre Conditions
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 5:55 am | Early Childhood Council
Early learning providers’ fears that the teacher pay parity pay scale is a Trojan horse for imposing conditions on private businesses by stealth appears to be coming true. Despite Education Minister Chris Hipkins assuring the Education and Workforce ... More >>
Industry Calls For Urgent Action On ECE Teacher Shortage
Monday, 14 June 2021, 1:58 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council is calling on the government to pull two levers to help early learning centres make it through the ongoing teacher shortage. Community and privately owned centres are locked in a constant fight to attract qualified teachers ... More >>
80% Of Surveyed ECE Centres Say Pay Parity Deal Is Unaffordable
Friday, 11 June 2021, 3:30 pm | Early Childhood Council
A survey of early childhood providers shows 80% can’t opt-in to the proposed six step teacher Pay Parity proposed by the Government. Only 40% of those surveyed are planning to opt-in to the Kindergarten Teachers Collective Agreement pay scale the ... More >>
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 >>
