Education and Care and the State Election

ECA Members, this is your chance to ask the state politicians about their parties’  policies for the future.

The Hon. Adrian Piccoli, Minister for Education (National Party)

The Hon. Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education (ALP) 

The Hon. Dr John Kaye, Education Spokesperson (the Greens) 

Monday 9th March, 2015 5-7.30 pm

Sydney Masonic Conference and Function Centre, 66 Goulburn St, Sydney. 

See attached flyer for more information and bookings. Free event.

http://booking.ccccnsw.org.au/pd

Show your interest and support. 

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The registration form is now out for the educators who are keen to up-skill with excellent professional development while at the beautiful Mantra/Peppers SALT Resort at Kingscliff.

The conference starts on Friday 27th March.

It will feature three Master Classes with facilitators: Catharine Hydon, Tim Childs and John Briggs

This will be followed by the FNC ECA Dinner to be held at the Seasons Restaurant, Peppers.

Far North Coast, ECA Conference

On Saturday 28th Dr Frances Press will be the Keynote Speaker: Looking backwards to the future.

Conference presenters: 

Tim Childs, Catharine Hydon, Stephen Gallen, Natasha Milner, Mel Brown, Judy Kynaston, Jennifer Piercy, Janette Leonard, Learning Connections, Amanda Holt, Ruth Newman, Carol Burgess, Peter Cook, Prof Karen Thorpe, Dr Sally Stanton, Dr Sue Irvine

FNC ECA Registration Form 2015

Bookings can be made at:

All bookings : http://www.trybooking.com/115125

Numbers are limited. 

The Far North Coast ECA Committee are pleased to announce another excellent conference to be held at Mantra/Peppers Salt resort, Kingscliff in March (27th-28th) 2015.

Over 300 delegates attended the conference in 2014. 

Friday, 27th March will be Master Classes

Saturday, 28th March, Conference. 

Some feedback from this year’s conference:

“Enjoyed all sessions attended – A good balance of listening and workshops that take you away with something  you can put into practice straight away.

Great networking and catching up with familiar faces. “

For more information open the flyer: 2015 conference save the date

On Thursday 6th November , 65 enthusiastic delegates met at the beautiful Cullunghetti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre.

This was the inaugural meeting for what looks like being a very strong regional ECA group.

Guest speaker was ECA NSW President, Carl Burgess. Carol challenged the audience with a passionate talk on “what does quality really look like?” 

The meeting was well received. There was a strong push to make the new Illawarra / South Coast regional group a happening thing in 2015. 

If you would like to be involved or want more information contact: Jan Langtry jan@ectarc.com.au

Strong numbers for the inaugural Illawarra/South Coast ECA regional meeting

Meeting organiser, Jan Langtry, chatting with delegates

Guest speaker, Carol Burgess, NSW ECA President

Well done ECA NSW members on  reaching 1000 members for the first time ever

Ruth Newman at the KU Services conference

Our thanks to you for realising the importance of being a member.

Thanks to the RTOs, lecturers at TAFE, Uni and members who pass on the message .

And thanks to people like our ECA NSW secretary, Ruth Newman, who volunteer their time to promote ECA at special events like the KU Services conference. 

The more members the bigger our “Voice for Young Children.”

NSW ECA Exec and Regional reps recently met to plan for 2015.

An enthusiastic group of people, comprised from many fields of Early Childhood, make up the executive and regional reps. Together, facilitated by President Carol Burgess, they set dates, organised issues nights, and discussed strategy so to be effective for the membership group in 2015. 

Next week all members will be sent out a survey to gauge opinions. The Executive look forward to reading the responses.

The dates for all meetings for 2015 will be posted on the website:  http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/state-territory-branches/nsw/

Dr Fay Hadley, Past president, ECA NSW Branch, has been appointed to the honorary position of chair of ECA Publications Committee by the National Board.

Fay is currently a lecturer of Early Childhood for the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University.

Fay is a  past recipient of the Jean Denton Memorial Scholarship and is well qualified to fulfill the position. NSW ECA congratulate Fay on her appointment.

Dr Fay Hadley

Excellent Professional Development assured at the 

KU Annual Conference

Saturday 18th October, 2014,

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Rosehill. 

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Book in now!

Ann Pelo was very well received at the National Conference last week in Melbourne.

The good news is there are still a limited number of places left in Sydney (Tuesday 9th Sept) and Newcastle (Thursday 11th Sept) to hear Ann speak.  Ann Pelo – Re-igniting our Role as Educators.

Don’t miss this last chance to see Ann Pelo in person before she flies back to the states.

National board member, Chris Legg, Ann Pelo and NSW ECA President Carol Burgess at the National Conference in Melbourne last week.

The National Conference is finally here.

Early Childhood Educators and Stakeholders from around the country and the world are converging on Melbourne for the ECA National Conference.

If you are fortunate enough to be at the conference please join other ECA NSW members for drinks on Friday 5th September, at 6pm. Melbourne Public Bar, 11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf. 03 92687600. http://www.melbournepublic.com.au/home 

 We hope to see you there! ECA NSW executive committee.