Hello Members,
NSW ECA are pleased to offer four scholarships worth up to $1500 to attend the National ECA conference ,4th -6th September, 2014.The closing date is Friday 30th May.
There is still time to have your registration, accommodation and travel paid for to attend this outstanding event.
Scholarship forms are available by emailing: office@nsw.earlychildhood.org.au
Early Childhood Australia NSW Branch, welcomes the review of the National Quality Frameworks.
This is your chance to have a say about a document that greatly impacts on your work. How can it be done better???
There are four ways in which individuals and organisation can take part in the consultation project under the 2014 review:
1. Face to face forums
2. Written submissions
3. Online comments
4. Online survey
If you would like to attend a face-to-face session to provide feedback on aspects of the National Quality Framework, please click here to see where and when they are being held and to register your interest in attending.
Alternatively, you can find out how to make a written submission here.
The closing date for feedback is Friday 4 July 2014.
Members of ECA NSW will be attending the reviews. If you would like us to represent you and make a copy on your behalf please email office@nsw.earlychildhood.org.au.
Congratulations to the University of Newcastle, members of ECA Hunter regional group and the Social Justice group for running a very successful and well attended conference on Monday night at Callaghan.
There were 5 speakers – including a fourth year student, and a part-time lecturer and local Director. Great presentations by Marianne Fenech and Kathryn Bown. So good to have them in the Hunter region. Good advocacy advice was delivered from the local State member Clayton Barr. A great night.
Thanks to Prof John Fischetti for opening the conference and staying. FEDUA and ECA for funding support.
There were about 50 educators and students in attendance on a very cold night. A great endeavour by the local professional community. Thanks for all your effort. All the attendees appreciated it!
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Marianne Fenech, completed a Masters degree in Community Management and a PhD on the topic of optimising quality long day care through regulation.
The Riverina Branch of ECA NSW is calling for nominations for the high achiever in EC or outstanding educator award.
This award was won in 2013 by Neville Dwyer , Dorothy Waide Early Learning Centre, Griffith.
If you know someone who is actively involved in Early Childhood Education within the postcodes 2580-2710 consider nominating. ECA award 2014
Neville Dwyer receiving the high achiever and outstanding educator award from ECA Riverina Representative, Julia Ham last year.
Annual General Meeting
NSW Branch
Monday 2nd June, 6pm.
Gowrie NSW
1 Elliott Ave, Erskineville NSW
Guest Speaker:
Samantha Page – CEO
Early Childhood Australia
Samantha will speak on some of the current developments in Early Childhood Education and Care and discuss ways in which ECA responds to many of the issues that relate to our advocacy role.
Please RSVP your attendance to the ECA NSW office by 28th May, 2014 to assist with catering.
PH:0418 893 830, EMAIL: office@earlychildhood.org.au
Nomination form attached. AGM 2014 Nomination form.
North Coast region of ECA NSW are exemplary. Each year they run a conference. This year was outstanding with 108 participants on Friday for the masterclasses, 41 at the dinner on Friday evening and 326 at the conference on Saturday.
An outstanding effort by the North Coast region ECA NSW committee. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work.
The photos below give an insight into the conference, the speakers, the organisers and the high participation level.
More information about the conference will be in next week’s blog and the ECA NSW newsletter.
The Barbara Creaser Young Advocate award is a generous award offered by ECA National. It includes
Applications for the scholarship closed on the 30th March. There were no applicants.
ECA NSW has asked for an extension. If you know of a person, or are a person, who is an Australian resident, under 30 years of age and fits the judging criteria, please nominate. Send the two page nomination form to office@nsw.earlychildhood.org.au by COB, Thursday 10th April. Not much time, but a very simple application.
Judging criteria:
Click here for the application form. http://www.ecaconference.com.au/awards/barbara-creaser-awards/
Help us celebrate and congratulate our young advocates!
ECA NSW is pleased to support Christine Zuvela, a masters student at Griffith University, with her Masters research.
If you are an ECT please consider supporting Christine with her research.
Attention Early Childhood Teachers
Have you ever had an early interventionist such as therapists, consultants or inclusion support come into your centre to work with you to include a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder?
You are invited to participate in a study that gives early childhood teachers a voice in terms of working with early intervention services.
You will have the opportunity to enter into a draw to win two Coles/Myer gift vouchers worth $50.
As you may know there are a lot of changes happening in the field of early intervention with a range of initiatives to work more collaboratively with early childhood while building the capacity of professionals to include children with disabilities.
This study is part of a Masters of Autism at Griffith University.
If you are interested please contact Christine Zuvela.
Christine Zuvela
0407924571
Early Childhood Australia , NSW Branch overseas the Professional Experience Council (PEC).
Members of The Early Childhood Professional Experience Council (New South Wales) view professional experience as an integral component of coherent early childhood professional preparation programs. Members are representatives from universities, Department of Education and Communities (including TAFE New South Wales), employing bodies, RTO’s and relevant organisations who are involved in planning and supporting early childhood professional preparation undertaken by students. The PEC works in association with ECA New South Wales Branch for the benefit of all stakeholders in early childhood education. The purpose of the PEC is to bring together members who contribute to discussion about early childhood professional experience from diverse perspectives, and who work in collaboration to generate shared understandings and take appropriate action for the benefit of all those involved in early childhood professional experience.
Members meet four times a year. If you would like to be a part of or have questions or opinions for the PEC please contact : office@nsw.earlychildhood.org.au
Early Childhood Australia NSW Branch is pleased to offer scholarships for four people who would otherwise not be able to attend the National conference in Melbourne from the 4-7th September, 2014.
People can nominate a colleague or self nominate. It is important there is a seconder to follow up with any questions the committee may wish to ask. The scholarship will cover the costs of registration and financial support with accommodation and transport. The total scholarship will be no more than $1500.
2014_Scholarship_Nomination_Form for Annual conference #1
NSW ECA would like to be able to support motivated educators who, due to financial or other reasons, would be unlikely to be able to attend the conference but would like to. Educators who have not been to the conference before will be preferred but not necessarily chosen over other candidates. Only ECA members (individual or employed by a member organisation) will be considered.
NSW Early Childhood Australia Branch 