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Celebrating Our New Teachers
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:38:03 +1200 | Early Childhood Education
There were 372 graduates this year at Te Rito Maioha across 11 regional locations. Of those, 262 are now qualified ECE teachers and 30 graduates have graduated as our first ever cohort of primary teachers.More >>
Scale Of Education Job Cuts Concerning
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:55:23 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“The scale of the job cuts at the Ministry of Education is concerning,” says Te Rito Maioha Chief Executive Kathy Wolfe. “At a time when the government has signalled an increased focus on education, cutting the human resources at the Ministry ...More >>
Whānau Manaaki Supports Regulations To Safeguard Children’s Interests
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:44:42 +1200 | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens is concerned about changes to the early childhood sector that remove the requirements for the person responsible to be a fully registered teacher, and that allow new centres to be set up even where there is no need for ...More >>
Early Childhood Regulation Changes: Put Children Not Business First, Says Union
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:35:47 +1200 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government needs to be putting early childhood teachers, children, and their families first, rather than business, say members of the country’s largest education union NZEI Te Riu Roa.More >>
ECE Regulations With Unintended Consequences Need To Be Removed While Retaining Regulations
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:43:35 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
A framework that ensures quality education and safety of tamariki is key. More >>
Moves To Simplify ECE Regulation Will Benefit Centres And Parents
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:52:31 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council says today’s Early Childhood Education regulation announcements and confirmation of a wider regulatory review will help teachers and managers focus on children, not unnecessary compliance.More >>
BestStart Educare Welcomes Network Planning Repeal
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:45:56 +1200 | BestStart
“BestStart welcomes the announcement by Minister Seymour that they will be repealing network planning and removing the persons responsible changes,” says BestStart Educare Deputy Chief Executive Fiona Hughes. “The network planning process substantially ...More >>
Removing Red Tape To Help Early Learners Thrive
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:09:48 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says.More >>
Early Childhood Providers Landed With Increased Salary Rates For Overseas Teachers
Fri, 5 Apr 2024 15:23:08 +1300 | Early Childhood Council
“When the government introduces a compulsory pay rise, they should at least tell the employers that pay the bill. The lack of communication is disappointing and sub-standard,” said Simon Laube, ECC CEO.More >>
Building A Better ECE Future Together
Thu, 4 Apr 2024 05:30:41 +1300 | Early Childhood New Zealand
The sector and government need to design and implement a regulatory framework that enables a high-trust, low-compliance, service provider accountability environment, that safeguards our tamariki.More >>
ECE ‘Boost’ An Administrative Burden For Whānau And Teachers
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:44:39 +1300 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
"While any investment in ECE is welcome, this policy doesn't even begin to address the current crisis our ECE sector is facing.” More >>
Families To Receive Up To $75 A Week Help With ECE Fees
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:22:25 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education (ECE) costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From 1 July, parents and caregivers of young children will be supported to manage the ...More >>
Minister - Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:02:49 +1300 | Early Childhood Education
“Getting rid of Pay Parity in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector will send a message that we don’t value qualified teachers,” says Kathy Wolfe, CE Te Rito Maioha. Pay Parity is not yet fully implemented, however when it is it “will ...More >>
New Trustees Appointed To The Education Partnership & Innovation Trust Board
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:29:33 +1300 | Education Partnership and Innovation Trust
We welcome four new Trustees to our board - Debbie Burrows, Luella Linaker, Rob McIntosh, and Tim Gander who join existing Trustees Lorraine Mentz, Hana O’Regan and Liz Gibbs. Co-Chair Lorraine Mentz said “the new appointments to the Education ...More >>
Parents Welcome At Playcentre Open Week
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:08:42 +1300 | Playcentre Aotearoa
Playcentres across Aotearoa are inviting whānau with tamariki from birth to school age for a free visit during Playcentre Open Week, which runs from 4-8 March 2024. The theme for Playcentre Open Week this year is “Whānau tupu ngātahi – families ...More >>
Three Ministers For ECE - A Welcomed Focus For Children’s Outcomes.
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:46:34 +1300 | Early Childhood Education
The addition of a third Minister to the Early Childhood Education (ECE) portfolios with specific responsibility and focus on funding, regulations, and systems design within is a welcome move for a sector plagued by unnecessary red tape and a funding ...More >>
IHC Urges Budget Decision To Protect The Most Vulnerable
Mon, 5 Feb 2024 19:49:38 +1300 | IHC New Zealand
IHC is urging the Ministry of Education to think hard and act fairly when it comes to finding ways to meet the Government’s savings target by ensuring there is funding to address inequities. IHC’s From Data to Dignity Report on the health and wellbeing ...More >>
Government Mini Budget Commits To Invest In Early Childhood Education
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:15:19 +1300 | Early Childhood Education
The release of the government’s mini budget has created some certainty within the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. “By committing to the planned 4.6% increase in the 20 Hours ECE funding rates, the government has demonstrated that ...More >>
Sunflower Superstars Announced!
Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:29:45 +1300 | Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens
In a year that has been tough for many whānau, a children’s sunflower-growing contest has brought smiles to thousands of young faces and imparted useful lifelong skills on how to grow and nurture plants. Over the past four months, 13,795 youngsters ...More >>
ECE Managers’ Pay Lagging Behind, Thanks To Pay Parity Policies
Fri, 8 Dec 2023 16:29:13 +1300 | Early Childhood Council
A comprehensive survey of early learning sector wages shows Pay Parity is having a positive effect overall on average ECE teacher pay, but reveals the diminishing gap between pay for teachers and managers is ringing alarm bells. The Early Childhood ...More >>
