ELAAvate & e-News

Every week during Victorian school terms ‘ELAAvate’* brings you all the latest news from the early learning sector plus updates from ELAA on our events, policy, and practice resources. There’s also special editions for major events and campaigns.

*’ELAAvate’ replaced eNews on a weekly basis from 3 March 2022

Mar

02

ELAAvate 2 March 2023

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector.

In this week’s ELAAvate:

-Financial incentives for kindergarten teachers and educators in Vic

-Best Start, Best Life ECEC reforms schedule and first consultation

-ELAA is very excited to announce our new insurance partner

-IR update – Workforce Crisis National Meeting

-Go Digital in 2023 – Kim uploads are just the beginning with Enrol Now

-Representing ECEC in the Care and Support Economy

-Find everything you need this year at Officeworks.

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Feb

23

ELAAvate 23 February 2023

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector.
 
In this week’s ELAAvate:
 
-Minister for Education … “This is a big year for education”
-Where will the new government-owned and run ECEC centres be located?
-Upcoming Governance training sessions
-How useful are informal discussions in managing employee underperformance?
-anzuk.education – right educator, right place, right time
-Are you across best practice hygiene approaches in early childhood services?
-ECA Child Information Sharing Scheme info sessions
-Did you know? – No Jab No Play
-Bunnings Trade – Exclusive PowerPass membership benefits
 
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Feb

16

ELAAvate 16 February 2023

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector. In this week’s ELAAvate:

  • ELAA Features on the project
  • Best Start, Best Life member forum
  • Minister announcement at Educational Leaders Conference
  • What’s happening in Industrial Relations?
  • Preventing Mosquito-borne Diseases in Kindergartens and Day Care Services
  • Sparkways celebrates 140 years
  • Urgent timetable request for 2023 free Thingle Toodle (TT) sessions
  • Governance Training in 2023

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Feb

14

Urgent timetable request for 2023 free ThingleToodle (TT) sessions

We need to hear from you IF: 

  • You have completed the SoS Professional Development in the last three years
  • You have a funded 4-year-old kindergarten program
  • You have a safe transport and road safety education policy
  • You did not receive a ThingleToodle session in 2022
  • You have not submitted your timetable information and policy recently

We would like to commence scheduling as soon as possible and would like to include your service.

Email:  Subject – 2023 Timetable for TT session

  • Your full timetable information (service name, your full name, group name, days and times for each 4-year-old group)
  • Make sure to tell us if you run a rotational program.
  • Make sure you include your policy

Email:  rse@elaa.org.au

Feb

09

ELAAvate 9 February 2023

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector. In this week’s ELAAvate:

  • Productivity Commission aligns with ELAA’s advocacy
  • Assist the ACCC In their inquiry
  • Responding to challenging behaviour in ECEC
  • Capability Assessment Teacher Increment Eligibility
  • Informal discussions for managing employee underperformance
  • Superannuation webinars for all staff
  • Explore & Apply for Federation University’s Undergraduate Education Degrees
  • Have you considered ELAA’s Capability Assessment Support Service?
  • Professional OHS Training – ‘Safety Not Child’s Play’
  • It’s ok to share, you could make a difference

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Feb

02

ELAAvate 2 February 2023

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector. In this week’s ELAAvate:

  • Welcome back for 2023
  • Pre-Prep to begin rolling out in regional Victoria
  • Help develop the Early Years Strategy
  • Vic early education reform forum
  • Updates to the approved learning frameworks
  • Deakin Uni child health behaviours study
  • Find everything you need this year at Officeworks
  • New Kindergarten Funding Guide 2023
  • Teacher Capability Assessment
  • Face the future with confidence – HESTA Superannuation

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Dec

22

ELAAvate 22 December 2022

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector. In this week’s ELAAvate:

  • 2023 Fair Work Changes
  • A migration system for Australia’s future
  • 2022 Advocacy in summary
  • ELAA Director of Advocacy chats to ABC RN on ‘school refusals
  • Single use plastics banned in 2023
  • ELAA’s Governance Training in 2023

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Dec

15

ELAAvate 15 December 2022

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector. In this week’s ELAAvate:
-ELAA end-of-year and Jan closure dates
-Are you finding it difficult to recruit staff?
-Opportunity for Department consultations
-End of year member pulse check analysis
-Hard to find the time for policy development and review?
-It’s ok to share, you could make a difference
-Check out the summer edition of ‘Embrace’ for inclusion support
 
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Dec

08

ELAAvate 8 December 2022

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector.

In this week’s ELAAvate:

-ELAA office end-of-year closure dates
-Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill will make early childhood sector stronger
-Workforce Summit update
-Minister Stitt reappointed to ECEC portfolio
-ACECQA NQF performance report
-VECTEA organisational days
-2022 anzuk Education Volunteer of the Year Award winner
-Just released! KU’s Professional Development Events 2023
-Bunnings Trade PowerPass offer

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Dec

01

ELAAvate 1 December 2022

ELAAvate – essential news for the early learning sector.

In this week’s ELAAvate:

  • Reminder: ELAA office closed Dec 15 from 12p.m.
  • Submission to Employment Taskforce
  • Vic election result
  • Advocacy update
  • Gowrie Reconciliation Action Plan
  • Volunteer of the Year Award results
  • Member Survey – prize winners
  • 25% off on hygiene products
  • Free Kinder payments for 2023
  • Employee management help
  • Defining Committee of Management & staff responsibilities
  • Early Childhood Wellbeing Support Program

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