Brisbane City Council is offering a free professional development course for Educators throughout Australia to support their knowledge, skills and resources on sustainable waste practises in a day-to-day centre or service operations.
Small children don't seem to be as severely affected by COVID-19. They also don't appear to contribute significantly to disease spread. Transmission of COVID-19 has mainly been from adult to adult.
In order to ensure effective contact tracing of any COVID - 19 cases, early childhood services are required to use the Victorian Government’s Service Victoria QR Codes for electronic record keeping.
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 2.5% increase to minimum wages including the Children's Services Award and Educational Services Teachers Award.
Together with Yates, Life Education are encouraging young children to get gardening, growing edible plants and learning healthy eating habits by offering a $1,000 Growing Good Gardens Grants for early childhood services.
Pirate Day is on Friday 14 May. It is an annual national day of dressing up like a pirate to raise awareness and much-needed funds for childhood brain cancer.
ASCIA Anaphylaxis Etraining is a free course for Educators in early childhood services. This training program provides ready access to accurate and consistent education about the recognition, emergency treatment and risk minimisation of anaphylaxis.
To celebrate Free Fruit For Kids program reaching over 100 million, Woolworths is offering up to 100 Early Learning Services across Sydney free fruit for a day.
For ECTs working in early childhood services, employed under Educational Services (Teachers) Award (EST Award), The Fair Work Commission has agreed that minimum pay rates should be increased.
Victoria Revokes Working with Children Checks for 40 Educators +
Approximately 40 Victorian educators have had their Working with Children Checks revoked despite previously being banned from early childhood settings.
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Mandatory Safety Standards On Infant Sleep Products +
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Free Online ECEC Leadership Research Symposium +
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Executives At Affinity Education Group Resign Following Multiple Scandals +
Two senior executives at Affinity Education Group—one of Australia’s largest childcare providers—have resigned following a series of disturbing incidents and mounting public scrutiny.
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