YOU SO 3 new ERO resources The Education Review Office (ERO) has recently published three new Early Childhood Education sector resources, designed to further support services and parents. These complete the suite of Ngā Ara Whai Hua resources that support evaluation for improvement in early childhood services. ● ● What Matters Most – This guide helps parents and whānau understand what matters most for their child and their learning in an early childhood service and what to expect from an early childhood service including what questions they might ask about the quality of the service. ● ● Ngā Aronga Whai Hua - This document supports early childhood services to engage in internal evaluation and ERO’s external evaluation using Te Ara Poutama – Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most. It builds on Effective Internal Evaluation for Improvement (2016) and replaces most of the content in He Pou Tātaki: How ERO reviews early childhood services (2013). ● ● Piki Ake, Kake Ake - A guide to support services to plan for quality improvement planning based on the findings from internal and external evaluation, and includes some examples. All English-medium services should have received a mailout pack containing the 3 new resources. All above resources and more information is available on the ERO website, https:// ero.govt.nz/how-ero-reviews/how-eroreviews-early-childhood-services EC-Menz National Summit 2022 March 5 -6 Pentagon ECC, Tamahere, Waikato. Calling all educators who support gender diversity in our teaching teams! EC-Menz is your nationwide organisation celebrating the many roles of good men in early childhood education. We recognise the fluid and non-binary nature of gender, and celebrate all educators in this exciting and dynamic profession. Join us for our 2022 National Summit hosted by the Pentagon ECC in Tamahere to meet others in the field, share your own story, and be inspired. Top quality professional development at this inspiring event will include an exploration of Māori approaches to ECE from a Tainui iwi perspective, fostering resilience in our kaiako, and a hands-on puppetry workshop. Camping available on site, evening jams and happy hour, bring your instruments! For more please check out ecmenz.org or email national Vice-President Robin Christie on robin@ childspace.nz Upcoming Governing Teaching Council elections 2022 Elections for seven members of the Teaching Council’s governing Board will be held in February 2022, with the election process getting underway later this year when candidate nominations open. During the election, seven governing Board members are chosen by the profession for a threeyear term commencing 1 July 2022. Following the election, the Minister will make six appointments to the remaining seats. Elected ECC members include: ● ● An ECE teacher elected to the Teaching Council by ECE teachers; ● ● An ECE service leader elected to the Teaching Council by ECE leaders. Key dates will fall close to the end of term 4 2021 and early in term 1 2022 – make sure you vote! Keep a look out for more information in your Teaching Council e-newsletter, Matatū. December 2021 { 14 }
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