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Early Education Show: Snapshots

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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#132 Social justice and COVID-19

Early Education Show: Snapshots ·

2020/08/06

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 funding and economics. But existing social justice concerns haven’t disappeared, and may in fact be getting worse. To discuss how COVID-19 has changed the landscape for social justice and the early

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#131 What's happening in Victoria?

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2020/07/23

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 viability and an uncertain funding arrangement. While most of the sector is transitioning back to the Child Care Subsidy, many Victorian services are facing a much tougher battle.

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#130 Expert Insights from UOW Early Start

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2020/07/09

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 How to support children’s emotions when the world is changing * Dr Lyn Cronin on school transitions during COVID-19.

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#129 What does the history of advocacy for early...

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2020/06/25

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 properly. Will this be a brief moment before we get back to normal, or have things changed for good? Australia has had lots of changes to our early education system before, thanks in no small part to

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#128 Early education is “snapping back”. What does it...

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2020/06/09

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 Government’s planned transition is complex and will require an already-strained sector to once again adjust to significant changes. What does this all mean for children, educators and families?

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#127 How do families and the sector work together for...

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2020/05/27

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; and Jay Weatherill, the CEO of Thrive by Five. The event was hosted The Parenthood’s campaign director Georgie Dent, and tackled a variety of important questions - including how families have been

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#126 How do educators support children during times...

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2020/05/22

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. This episode, we wanted to turn the conversation back to children and educators and hear from early education professionals about how children are responding to these changes. We’re bringing you a

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#125 How do we advocate for free ECEC after COVID-19?

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2020/05/14

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, children are now getting their early education for free. But the current funding system is short term and doesn’t fit all centres. This episode, we’re going to ask the question - how do we advocate for

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#124 Why have ECEC services and schools been treated...

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2020/04/30

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 schools have been treated when it comes to health advice, closures, funding and more. This episode, we look at those differences, think about why they’ve appeared, and how we respond as advocates but

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#123 How has COVID-19 changed the early education...

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2020/04/14

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 dropped, educators and teachers start to think about how to work with children remotely, and the Government implement a completely new funding model over a single weekend. And that’s just the tip of the

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#122 Did the Government just announce universal free...

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2020/04/02

“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 funds early education. It’s hard to underestimate what this will mean, but what we know is the sector has four days notice that the Child Care Subsidy system - which took over nearly 3 years to

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#121 How can we stay connected to children and...

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2020/03/31

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 will be directed to close. What does this mean for young children and their learning? What does “remote learning” look like in the early years? How can we stay connected to children and families during

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#120 How can we stay healthy at work during a pandemic?

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2020/03/24

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 experts we decided to ask someone who is. Kylie Warren Wright is Goodstart Early Learning’s National Safe Work and Wellbeing Manager, and she’s responsible for giving health and safety advice to over 650

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#119 What does the coronavirus outbreak mean for the...

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2020/03/17

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, countries - including Australia - are having to take significant steps to try and minimise its impact. These measures will have a big impact on early childhood services, and the children and families

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#118 Working with young children during the climate...

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2020/03/05

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 well as educators and services. Entire communities will be dealing with this summer for years to come. This episode, Lisa and Liam discuss what working with young children now means as we face an ongoing

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#117 How is Australia faring on protecting children’s...

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2020/02/20

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 improve our record. This episode, Lisa, Leanne and Liam have a discussion about how the early education sector is engaging with issues of children’s rights, before we hear an interview Liam conducted with

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#116 2019 Year in Review / Q&A

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2019/12/22

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

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2019/12/12

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 the 2770 postcode start school well. This episode features voices from the graduation ceremony of the Collaboration 4 Learning (C4L) project, a unique professional development opportunity established

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#114 A star (ratings system) is born (with Anthony...

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2019/11/28

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 professional identity, the marketing of the NQF to the community and how well services are being supported to improve quality. Lisa, Leanne and Liam discuss this new initiative before Lisa chats with

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#113 Celebrations in early education services

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2019/11/14

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 perspectives on commonly-held celebrations.

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