May
08
ELAA is delighted to bring you a new Child Restraints instructional video
ELAA in partnership with VIC Roads and Victorian Transport Accident Commission has created a new online resource to help parents and carers keep children safe in cars. Find out more here and watch the full video here.
May
02
ELAA CEO Victorian Budget commentary
ELAA CEO, Shane Lucas, has commented on the 2017 / 18 Victorian State Budget that was handed down yesterday, 2 May, You can read Shane’s comments in the CEO report in this week’s ELAA eNews.
Mar
03
2017 Early Childhood Education Conference – delegate registrations now open
Registrations are now open for the 2017 Early Childhood Education Conference – together we grow the child in focus.
This year’s Early Childhood Education Conference is the biggest yet with 74 speaker sessions on offer. With a theme of the child in focus some of the many highlights include:
- Professor Ted Melhuish – Keynote address re Early childhood experience and its impact on children’s educational and socio-emotional development through to adulthood.
- Bruce Hurst – Development isn’t something that just happens. It is also something you do. (Children’s development and the importance of age in children’s identities).
- Georgie Meyer and Alex Price – Five hundred children and one museum. (The creation of the new Melbourne Museum Children’s Gallery).
- Heather Barnes – STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics): supporting teaching, environments and motivation.
- Stacey Fox (Mitchell Institute) – What policies do we need to make sure every child has the opportunity to be a confident and engaged learner?
… and many more high quality presentations from early learning professionals.
Go to togetherwegrow.com.au to view the Conference Program and to secure your seats at the Conference.
Dec
18
Creating engaging schools for all children and young people: What works December 2016
This report seeks to renew Victoria’s interest and determination to improve school and student engagement in Victoria. This report showcases positive practice examples of engaging schools, documenting the ways which leading schools engage children and young people. Our purpose is to share these experiences with all schools, families, government agencies and community organisations, so all children and young people can be engaged in their learning. The report identifies principles of good practice every school might adopt – along with system changes and assistance required from government for all Victorian children and young people to stay engaged at school. This report was prepared by an alliance of community sector organisations including the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS), Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (CFECFW), Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic), Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) and Hume Whittlesea Local Learning and Employment Network (HWLLEN).
Dec
16
“It’s Groundhog Day when it comes to funding 15 hours”
The Early Learning Review recently published a piece looking back on the early learning sector in 2016 and forward to next year. The article included the views of sector leaders’ (including ELAA CEO – Shane Lucas) on the key issues for the sector in 2017.
