The Early Education Show

Imagination, play and the Conceptual Playworld (with Laureate Professor Marilyn Fleer)

This week we are joined by Laureate Professor Marilyn Fleer, who discusses her work as the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow and developer of the Conceptual PlayLab, an evidence-based model of intentional teaching for early childhood and early primary and an example of world-leading research.

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Supporters of the show on Patreon have access to our bonus series "Exploring the NQS", which has covered all elements of Quality Areas 1 and 2 of the National Quality Standard.

Excellence in School Age Care (with Forrest Out of School Hours Care)

This week Liam chats with Ali Sewter, Kylie Keane and Carl Kroon from Forrest Out of School Hours Care about their recent achievement of receiving the Excellent rating from ACECQA; and Leanne brings us her reflections from Day 2 of the recent AJEC Symposium.

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Early Childhood Teachers and the National Quality Framework

This week Lisa, Leanne and Liam discuss recent advocacy around the numbers of Early Childhood Teachers required in NSW early education services.

Leanne also provides a summary of her time at the recent AJEC Conference.

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What are the early education advocacy battles of 2019?

This week, Lisa and Liam take a look at all the different advocacy campaigns and battles that are happening in 2019 in the early education sector.

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Element 2.1.3: Healthy lifestyle now available on Exploring the NQS.

Early Childhood Educator Wellbeing Project (with Sandie Wong, Tamara Cumming and Helen Logan)

In our first episode of 2019, Liam chats with Associate Professor Sandie Wong, Dr Tamara Cumming and Dr Helen Logan about the Early Childhood Educator Wellbeing Project. The Project takes an holistic approach to examine the psychological and physiological aspects of early childhood educators’ well-being within the context of their work environments.

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2018 Year in Review / Q&A

For the third year running we present our end-of-year episode! We provide an overview of the big moments from 2018, make some predictions for what might be to come in 2019, and the answer a few listener questions.

Thanks to everyone who’s stuck with us for another year. We’ll be back in February for another year of policy discussions, rants about children’s rights and analysis of whatever crazy things politicians have done that week. See you in 2019!

Exploring the NQS
Our Patreon-exclusive series on the National Quality Standard has launched. Analysis of the first seven elements of Quality Area 1: Educational program and practice are now available. Check them all out right here.

BONUS: December news round-up

There’s been a flurry of ECEC news in December, and we didn’t want to wait until February to chat about it. Get up to speed with our quick bonus episode!

From Working Towards to Exceeding (with Wendy Mackay and Anna Whitty)

For our last regular episode of the year, we turn the microphone over to two early childhood education leaders. Anna Whitty (Executive Director, Northside Children’s Services) speaks with Wendy Mackay (Centre Director of Harrison Early Childhood Centre) about leading her centre from a Working Towards rating in 2015, to an Exceeding rating in 2018. The discussion documents the highs and lows of this three-year journey of quality improvement through leadership, self-reflection and professional identity.

Got a question you’d like us to answer in our End-of-Year Q&A episode? You can ask us right here.

Exploring the NQS: Our Patreon-exclusive series on the National Quality Standard has launched. Element 1.2.1 “Intentional teaching” now available.

Saving Alstonville Community Preschool (with Katherine Buckley)

This week Lisa and Liam talk about community management of early education services with the ex-President of Alstonville Community Preschool Katherine Buckley. Katherine talks to us about the challenges in saving Alstonville from funding challenges, how she and the committee work with the Centre Director and what the biggest challenges are for this model.

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Exploring the NQS
Our Patreon-exclusive series on the National Quality Standard has launched. Element 1.1.3 “Program learning opportunities” now available.

Developing and reviewing policies in early education services

This week we tackle one of the most exciting and thrilling topics in early education - service policies and procedures! We discuss why they’re actually important, how you can approach them and why they’re great resources for you and the work you do.

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Exploring the NQS: Our Patreon-exclusive series on the National Quality Standard has launched. Element 1.1.2 “Child-centred” now available.