The Early Education Show

What would a Labor Government do with early education policy?

After taking another look at the Federal Government's decision last week to cease funding the National Quality Agenda, we then cross the aisle to take a look at the Labor Party. What would early education policy look like if Labor won the next election?

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Budget 2018 and early childhood education

Lisa and Liam break down this week's Federal Budget and what it means for early childhood education. Mostly by complaining about it.

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RTOs and the educator workforce

This week we discuss a new "skills forecast" developed for RTOs providing children's services qualifications, and how it fits into the broader picture about the educator workforce in Australia right now.

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Episode Times

01'10" Newschat
21'15" RTOs and the educator workforce
51'07" Recommendations

Interview with Megan Mitchell, National Children's Commissioner

This week we have an interview with Megan Mitchell, the inaugural National Children's Commissioner. Commissioner Mitchell discusses why a Children's Commissioner is so important, the successes and areas of improvement for Australia in relation to children's rights, and what she will be working on over the next two years.

Episode Times

01'07" News Chat
15'12" Megan Mitchell Interview
34'43" Recommendations

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The role of the Educational Leader (with Doreen Blyth, Educational Leaders Association)

This week Liam has a chat about the role of the Educational Leader with Doreen Blyth, part of the fantastic Educational Leaders Association. Doreen discusses how the Association brings leaders from across Australia together, how educators can think about advocacy, and some of the challenges facing Educational Leaders today. 

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Voices from the Big Walk Off

Lisa and Liam take to the streets this week, as we hear from a range of educators who joined the Big Steps Big Walk Off on Tuesday March 27 at rally events in NSW and the ACT.

Big Steps Big Walk Off (with Bettina Moltke)

Next Tuesday (March 27), United Voice will be organising walk-off actions for early childhood educators. Lisa and Liam are joined by United Voice NSW organiser Bettina Moltke to discuss why educators should be walking off the job, how important it is to get families involved, and the importance of taking action together as a sector.

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Episode Times

00'00" Intro and News Chat
05'58" Bettina Moltke Interview
31'05" Recommendations

Does it matter how early education services are marketed?

This week Lisa and Liam take a look at how some early education services market themselves, and provide some particularly... "interesting" examples. They then look ahead to what the marketing ideas of tomorrow could be!

(We had a few technical issues with the recording this week, so apologies in advance for a few sound problems.)

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Episode Times

00'00" Introduction
01'12" News Chat
12'02" Marketing early education services
41'51" Recommendations

Should early education services celebrate International Women’s Day?

Yesterday marked International Women's Day for 2018, so we spend some time thinking about whether this event should be celebrated and acknowledged in early education services - and with children.

We also include some chats that Leanne had with a fabulous team of Centre Directors with Blacktown City Council.

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Episode Times

00'00" Introduction
01'56" News Chat
12'13" Should IWD be celebrated in early education services?
37'36" Blacktown City Council Centre Director Interviews
53'20" Recommendations

ARACY Report Card: The wellbeing of young Australians

We welcome Leanne back to the show after a few weeks off, tackle a new segment in #NewsChat (hashtag required), and then chat with Kate Sollis from ARACY about their recently released Report Card on Australia's performance in a range of indicators for children and young people.

Read the Report Card
Read ARACY's introduction to the Report Card

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Episode Times:

01'30" - News Chat
17'55" - Kate Sollis Interview
34'44" - Recommendations