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Early Education Show: Snapshots
by The Early Education Show
The Snapshots series brings you some of our discussions from the Early Education Show, without the newslist and recommendations and in smaller runtimes so you can start your week with a quick hit of early childhood discussion.
Episodes
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#150 Liam's Early Education Journey
Earlier this year, Liam was interviewed by Lecturer Kathrine Whitty for a video to her Masters students at the Australian Catholic University. It was an opportunity to discuss all things early education, including Liam's professional journey in the sector, and Kath and the ACU were kind enough to...
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#149 The ACCC Inquiry
We're back for a new fortnightly series! This week, we're tackling the Federal Government's Early Years Strategy. What is the context of this new strategy, and what do we think it should come up with?
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#148 The Early Years Strategy
We're back for a new fortnightly series! This week, we're tackling the Federal Government's Early Years Strategy. What is the context of this new strategy, and what do we think it should come up with?
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#147 2022 Year in Review
We've been away for a while - but we couldn't let as big a year as 2022 pass without getting the gang back together.
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#146 Budget 2021 and early childhood education
The Federal Government has just released its Budget for 2021 and 2022, which - after sustained advocacy from a variety of people and organisations - includes increases in spending in many areas - including early education. But while billions of dollars are in the Budget papers, what is the devil…
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#145 Are we doing enough to protect children from abuse? (with Deanne Carson)
There have been a spate of media articles recently concerning child sexual abuse linked to educators working in the early education sector. This episode, Lisa talks with Deanne Carson, a leading Australian sexuality educator, researcher, speaker, author and Founder and CEO of Body Safety…
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Bonus Episode #14: Universal access funding (with Ingrid Stitt, Victorian Minister for Early Childhood)
Minister for Early Education in the Victorian Government, Ingrid Stitt MP, has been raising the alarm about continued uncertainty with the National Partnership on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education. Lisa chats with her about why this funding is so important, why the uncertainty creates...
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#144 We need to talk about reporting (with Jenni Hutchins)
Under the National Quality Framework, professionals and services need to report a range of serious incidents to their regulatory authorities. But why don't we talk more about how services approach reporting and reporting behaviours with their teams? Leanne sits down with Big Fat Smile CEO Jenni...
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#143 The NQF Review
In 2019, the second review of the National Quality Framework officially commenced. The Review aims to identify aspects of the NQF that could be improved or updated, and to incorporate new thinking about the regulation of early education. Earlier this year, the Consultation Regulation Impact...
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#142 What can we look forward to in 2021?
We're back for another year of banter about all things early education in Australia! In our first episode of 2021, we let everyone know what we did on our summer holidays and reflect on the experiences of women that have been dominating the media so far this year. We then spend the second half of...
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#141 2020 Year in Review / Q&A
2020. We’re so glad you’re nearly over. Join us for our fifth annual end of year special episode, taking a look back at the year that was, looking ahead to 2021 and answering some listener questions.
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#140 The Trends in Community Children’s Services Survey
The regular ACCS Trends in Community Children’s Services Survey sheds a light on trends in the quality of early education, accessibility and affordability, educator and teacher conditions and entitlements, and the overall impact of policy initiatives such as the NQF and the child care subsidy.…
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#139 The Anti-Bias Approach in Early Childhood
Anti-bias approaches in early education are about centring equity, tackling bias and creating beautiful ethical learning experiences and environments with and for children in the early years. Now about to be released in its fourth edition, The Anti-Bias Approach in Early Childhood has been a key...
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Bonus Episode #13: Family Matters Report 2020 (with Sue-Anne Hunter)
Family Matters has this week launched the Family Matters Report 2020, which examines how Australia is faring in improving the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. To talk about this report, Liam is joined by Sue-Anne Hunter. Sue-Anne is a proud Wurundjeri woman,...
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#138 Early Childhood Voices Conference 2020
The Early Childhood Voices Conference is a free international multidisciplinary fully online conference about innovations in early education. International speakers will present research in a virtual online space about innovations to improve the lives of children, families and practitioners…
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#137 Can Thrive By Five change Australia’s early education sector?
Early education is currently enjoying a higher political profile than usual. The first COVID-19 lockdown back in March and April saw the Government investing in free early education - but only temporarily. The Federal Opposition has made funding changes to early education the centrepiece of this...
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#136 Which children’s books should every early education service have?
While there is no limit to the kinds of resources and materials that can be used to support the learning of young children, it’s hard to argue that the most important of all is books. The research is clear that immersing children in pre-literacy experiences such as reading with a trusted adult…
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#135 Should early education services be supporting families?
Australia’s early education sector is about children’s learning and wellbeing in the first five years. Educators and teachers have qualifications and training that are focused on children’s education. Yet, the sector also plays a largely unofficial role in supporting families. This could be as...
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#134 Is social media good or bad for ECEC?
Social media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world. 60% of the country are active users of Facebook, with 50% of the population logging on at least once a day. In Australia, there are 16 million Facebook users per month, 15.5 million YouTube users, 9 million Instagram users...
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#133 What's happening in Victoria? Part 2
A few weeks ago, we discussed the worsening COVID-19 situation in Victoria and how it was affecting services, children, families and professionals. Soon after we released that episode - things became even more intense. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared a State of Disaster, and announced...
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#132 Social justice and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a “spotlight” - shining a bright light and illuminating the existing inequalities in our societies. Early education is no exception. While services have been fighting to survive a complex maze of last-minute funding changes, the focus has had to be on...
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#131 What's happening in Victoria?
After a first wave that affected the entire country in April and May, COVID-19 cases are now particularly affecting Victoria. The Melbourne area is in lockdown, and early education services are finding themselves back in a situation where they are having to balance health and safety, financial...
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#130 Expert Insights from UOW Early Start
Listen to three fantastic conversations that are part of the University of Wollongong Early Start’s Expert Insight series, facilitated by Leanne Gibbs. The discussions include: * Dr Gai Lindsay on children and the arts * Associate Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett and Professor Marc de Rosnay on...
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#129 What does the history of advocacy for early education tell us about today? (with Eva Cox)
COVID-19’s impact on the early education sector has meant that we’ve been having advocacy conversations that we didn’t expect to be having in 2020. The Government implemented free early education - for a short time. Early childhood educators were seen as frontline workers - but not supported...
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#128 Early education is “snapping back”. What does it mean for children, educators and families?
The Federal Education Minister has announced that CCS will be back on Monday July 13, along with a number of other new measures. From the Government’s perspective, the economy is getting back to normal, and the early education sector is first cab off the rank for “snapping back”. But the...
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#127 How do families and the sector work together for a better ECEC system?
This episode, we’re bringing you the audio from an online Town Hall Meeting conducted by parent advocacy group The Parenthood on Tuesday the 26th of May. Lisa was invited to speak on the panel, alongside Danielle Wood, an economist from the Grattan Institute; Polly Dunning, a teacher and writer;...
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#126 How do educators support children during times of change and uncertainty?
Like the rest of Australia, the early education sector has had to significantly change the way we operate over the last two months. A lot of this time has been spent worrying about funding and financial security, but it’s also opened up opportunities for experimenting with new ways of working.…
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#125 How do we advocate for free ECEC after COVID-19?
Australia’s early education sector has been given a huge shake-up during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Child Care Subsidy system was replaced with a Government Relief Package that provided centres with 50% direct Government funding, and eliminated the usual gap fee paid by parents. In effect…
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#124 Why have ECEC services and schools been treated differently during the COVID-19 crisis?
The COVID-19 health crisis continues to affect the entire world. Governments have had to respond to the effects of this crisis in different ways, as we have seen right here in Australia. For those of us who work in early education, we’ve seen some stark differences between how ECEC services and...
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#123 How has COVID-19 changed the early education sector so far?
The COVID-19 health emergency has changed so much of our society, and for the early education sector has overturned almost everything about how we operate. Over the last 6 weeks we have seen an increased focus on infection control and hygiene practices, the sector nearly collapse as enrolments...
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#122 Did the Government just announce universal free access to ECEC in Australia?
“As of Sunday night, What we will be doing is turning off the old system and going to a new system.” Those were the words of the Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan earlier today, as he stood next to the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and announced wholesale and immediate changes to how Australia...
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#121 How can we stay connected to children and families during isolation?
The COVID-19 situation remains the biggest issue facing Australia’s early education sector. Although as we speak the Government is saying that early education services should remain open to support the economy, children are leaving services in droves. It seems likely that at some point services...
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#120 How can we stay healthy at work during a pandemic?
Early education services and professionals have not had detailed advice from Health Departments or Education Departments about exactly what infection control processes services should be following during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. As Leanne, Lisa and Liam are not infection control…
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#119 What does the coronavirus outbreak mean for the early education sector?
After an unprecedented summer of fire and smoke, communities around Australia are facing yet another emergency situation. Coronovirus, or COVID-19, is spreading around the world, with the World Health Organisation officially declaring it a pandemic. Although the risk to most people is minimal,...
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#118 Working with young children during the climate crisis
Australia has just come out of a terrible summer of unprecedented bushfires. According to the Australia Institute, More than half of all Australians have been directly affected by bushfire crisis, including millions suffering health effects. This includes young children and their families, as…
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#117 How is Australia faring on protecting children’s rights? (with Megan Mitchell, National Children's Commissioner)
The inaugural National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell has released her final report on children’s rights in Australia. It’s described as a “full and frank look” at how Australia is faring on a range of areas related to children and young people, and makes over 80 recommendations to…
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#116 2019 Year in Review / Q&A
It's the end of another year, which mean's it's time for our annual Year in Review episode! We look back on the year that's been for early education, look ahead to 2020 and answer some listener questions.
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#115 The Hive & Collaboration 4 Learning
6000 children under 5 live in Mt Druitt in NSW. 33% of those children are considered ‘developmentally vulnerable’ when they start school. The Hive is an initiative started in 2015 by the Ten20 Foundation, United Way Australia, and NSW Family and Community Services to ensure that all children in…
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#114 A star (ratings system) is born (with Anthony Semann)
The NSW Government has announced that services in NSW will be required to display a star rating alongside their usual National Quality Standard rating, in an apparent bid to help families better understand ratings. The star ratings have had a very mixed response from the sector, raising issues of...
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#113 Celebrations in early education services
Christmas, Anzac Day, Melbourne Cup, Mother's and Father's Days, Australia Day - celebrations have become a controversial and challenging topic for many in the early education sector. This episode, we take a look a like at why celebrations are so contested and how educators can explore different...
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#112 Working with infants and toddlers (with Dr Andi Salamon & Lauren Hibberson)
This episode, we’re spending some time thinking about educator and teacher practice in the first three years. There’s a huge amount of advocacy out there for the importance of the first five years, but plenty of research points to the idea that the first three years are even more important for...
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Bonus Episode #12: A national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people (with Richard Weston, CEO of SNAICC)
This week, SNAICC and Family Matters have released a Position Paper endorsed by more than 80 organisations and individuals calling for the establishment of a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Liam talks with SNAICC CEO Richard Weston about...
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#111 Recruitment and retention (with Melissa Armstrong)
This episode, we’re taking a look at one of the biggest frustrations out there in the sector - recruitment and retention. With subsidies flowing and the market-model growing, Australia’s early education sector needs more educators and teachers than ever before. But with TAFEs and Unis producing...
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#110 All the Reviews News
This episode, we’re taking one of our deep dives into early education policy. There are currently three major reviews being conducted into key parts of Australia’s early education sector. Right now, the Universal Access partnership for preschool funding, the National Quality Framework and ACECQA...
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#109 Family Day Care (with Anita Jovanovski)
Over the last few years, Family Day Care has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Multi-million dollar frauds of the subsidy system have made headlines, and have seen the Government focus on cracking down on those rorting the system. But while it’s a small part of the education and care...
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#108 Is too much expected of Centre Directors?
One of the most important roles in the early education sector is the Centre Director. As well as usually being the Nominated Supervisor and individually responsible for ensuring the Law and Regulations are upheld in their service, Directors are also employee managers, often manage administration,...
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#107 Advocacy is everybody's job (LIVE from the SJIEC Conference)
This episode, it’s a special live edition of the podcast recorded at the Social Justice in Early Education Conference. We discuss what public policies and what practices in our sector are infringing on the capacity of all Australian children to access high quality early education and care this...
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#106 Are we too child-centred? (with Dr Tamara Cumming)
The National Quality Framework, at its most fundamental level, is about positive outcomes for children in their learning and wellbeing. It sets the standard for quality, and raises the bar for the provision of children’s services in Australia. But the people who are expected to deliver this…
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#105 Documentation and planning in a digital world (with Melanie Elderton)
Quality Area 1 - educational program and practice - is the Quality Area of the National Quality Standard that is most likely to be rated Working Towards. The sector is still working through the new requirements of the NQF, and what they mean for educators and children. In a world that is…
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#104 Engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives (with Jessica Staines)
Valuing Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures is one of the guiding principles of the National Quality Framework. However, engaging with Indigenous perspectives can be a daunting prospect for many services. Why is it so important for educators and services to understand...
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The Snapshots series brings you some of our discussions from the Early Education Show, without the newslist and recommendations and in smaller runtimes so you can start your week with a quick hit of early childhood discussion.
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