PREMIUM SPONSOR: Discover by Xplor offers enterprise software solutions to childcare centres, assisting with centre administration, documentation, parent engagement, occupancy, and waitlists. The cloud-based platform is an all-in-one software solution that seamlessly simplifies compliance, increases parent engagement, and delivers the best educational experience possible. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT AT THE 2022 ECC CONFERENCE? This year’s theme is ‘Growing Together’, acknowledging the important role of teamwork and collaboration within the early learning sector. For those lucky to have booked the now SOLD OUT centre tours you won’t come away disappointed. What a treat to have the opportunity to visit other centres, other than your own, to inspire, while travelling on the famous Napier Art Deco buses! For those attending on the Friday you will have an opportunity to listen to a diverse line up of inspirational keynote speakers from Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i on inclusivity and diversity; Kathryn Berkett discussing neurodiversity; and Childspace founders Toni and Robin Christie advocating for respectful teaching. The ECC Conference is the only early childhood event the Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has announced for the year – you won’t want to miss hearing what’s next for the early childhood sector! Plus meet and listen to the ECC’s CEO Simon Laube who touches on how the ECC seeks to grow and strengthen centres now and in the future. One of the major issues facing the education sector is the teacher supply crisis. The panel discussion on Friday will deliberate this issue and how we best mitigate this ever increasing problem! Panellists include representatives from the Ministry of Education, Te Rito Maioha, NZEI and others. Then in the evening let your hair down at the gala dinner. Listen to Wellington Paranormal’s Karen O’Leary as dinner speaker and dance to live music. Bring your best beads and feathers, there is a prize for best dressed! Then on Saturday the planned workshops will cover an extensive range of issues and topics to meet the diverse needs of all attendees including pay parity, compliance, innovation and leadership as well as a range of teacher focused workshops. These workshops are designed to provide you with a year’s worth of professional development in one day! You will leave conference with a clear path to success leading into the busy end of the year. You will also won’t want to miss the final plenary wrap-up if you want to be in to win some major prizes including a SHARP 60" Android TV, a two night holiday package in Queenstown (donated by Barker Childcare sales), $500 worth of products from Bizz-e bee, $300 OfficeMax voucher, plus much more … THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: September 2022 { 20 }
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