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Childcare Educators in This New COVID World | Careforkids.com.au
Retaining passionate early educators has become a challenge in the wake of COVID, with many leaving the industry. Here we list reasons why, and how to counteract these issues.
Raising the bar on workplace wellbeing
Wellbeing strategies for early educators to prevent burnout over the silly season and beyond.
Happy Holidays from CareforKids.com.au
Happy holidays and best wishes from the Team at CareforKids.com.au.
Post-pandemic play
How children’s play has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal life.
Building coping skills in early childhood
7 simple ideas for helping children build resilience in a stressful world.
Socialising children who have been in lockdown
Ideas for educators wanting to support children returning to care after a period of isolation.
Making masks more tolerable for children
With mask wearing a legal requirement during COVID-19 imposed lockdowns, this article explains how educators can help children become more accepting of mask use on adults and more tolerant of wearing masks themselves.
Raise awareness to protect pregnant staff from CMV
Cytomegalovirus can be easily transmitted in early learning settings, learn how to control CMV to reduce the risk for pregnant women.
The impact of COVID-19 on young children and what you can do
How COVID-19 has impacted children and their families and what early educators can do to support them.
Educator-to-child ratio calculator for centres
ACECQA has developed an easy-to-use educator-to-child ratio calculator for centre based education and care providers, which you can use to work out how many staff you need on any given day.
Compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for ECEC?
With COVID-19 vaccine underway across Australia, learn the implications of the vaccination program for early educators and whether they will be required to be vaccinated.
Gastro: The prevention strategies you need to know about
What early learning services can do to prevent gastro and how to respond in the case of an outbreak.
Staff retention crisis: 3 things that need to change
Why staff retention is such a challenge in the early education sector and what factors need to change to ensure high quality early educators stay in their jobs for longer.
Industry profile: Brent Stokes
We spoke to Brent Stokes General Manager of Little Scholars Group about his professional experiences in early education and what he views as the major challenges facing the Australian early education sector.
10 ways to run inspiring meetings in 2021
Early childhood expert Adrian Pattra offers 10 ideas for directors wanting to improve their team meetings and use them as a forum to inspire and motivate educators and staff.
Building bridges with families
Early learning services were required to rapidly rethink engagement strategies in light of the COVID-19 lockdown. This article explains how to make the most of the lessons learnt.
A waitlisting reminder
How to make the most of the free CareforKids.com.au waitlisting tool and why quickly communicating with parents is the most effective way to fill vacancies.
Educator in the spotlight: Kylie Woolley
Educator in the Spotlight: Meet This Kylie Woolley, service coordinator at Active Kids Mascot, Sydney, NSW.
Updates to the In Home Care National Guidelines and Handbook
Learn about In Home Care, a flexible form of care for families who can’t access mainstream child care due to their circumstances.
Leading educators and managing change
Adrian Pattra from Farran Street Education explains how early childhood managers can better recognise what educators need to successfully navigate through and adapt to change.
Building career pathways in the Pilbara
Child Australia and BHP are collaborating on a project to build a sustainable pipeline for early childhood talent in the Pilbara region and to ensure families in this area can access high quality early childhood services.
The Child Care Recovery Package
The Child Care Recovery Package.
Putting children first this National Child Protection Week
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect National Manager for Child Safe Organisations, Sammy Bruderer, discusses the role of early educators in protecting the wellbeing of Australia’s children.
Boosting morale is critical in these times of uncertainty
Simple, cost effective strategies early childhood service managers can use to boost team morale and wellbeing during times of change and uncertainty.
Early Childhood Educators’ Day: A time to say ‘thank you’
Early Childhood Educators’ Day is tomorrow Wednesday 2 September. This article offers ideas for marking this special event with the educators, children and families in early childhood services.
How play-based learning empowers STEM skills in girls
Learn about the Conceptual Playworld, a purpose-built app which supports educators to create a play based world that helps children develop problem solving skills.
VIC Level 3 Restrictions: Guidance for providers
How gap fee waivers will ensure child care services maintain their enrolments and continue to be paid the CCS, even if a child is absent for a COVID-related reason.
Educator in the spotlight: Ali Barry
Early childhood educator Ali Barry is the owner and manager of Nature Play DECD Family Day care in Adelaide. Learn how Ali supports children to evaluate and navigate risk in her setting and the benefits of this approach.
Building stronger teams
COVID-19 has left many people feeling anxious and uncertain. This article looks at the ways early childhood leaders can support staff and help people feel connected and engaged in their workplace.
Supporting parents to return to the CCS
A guide for child care services on how to communicate the end of free child care - Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package.
Breaking News - Free child care to end
Breaking News - Transition back to Child Care Subsidy.
Shifting the dial up on ‘family engagement’
Tips for services struggling to engage with families post COVID-19 and suggests a rethink of communication strategies to ensure the messaging and delivery is meeting it's intended target.
Kitchen hygiene in the spotlight
7 simple strategies for ensuring the kitchen in your early childhood service is operating in line with best practice guidelines in terms of hygiene and cleanliness, to ensure the wellbeing of staff and children.
COVID-19 Advice to supporting early learning communities
Beyond Blue and Early Childhood Australia have written a resource to support early childhood educators to take care of themselves, as well as children and families, during the restrictions imposed by COVID-19.
Amazing early childhood services – Chapter two!
COVID-19 Amazing early childhood services – Chapter two!
Innovation and compassion driving early childhood services response to lockdown
Innovation and compassion driving early childhood services response to lockdown.
Conditions and information on the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package
Conditions and information on the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package.
COVID-19 Support for the early childhood sector
COVID-19 Support for the early childhood sector.
COVID-19 – Support for providers
COVID-19 – Support for child care providers.
COVID-19 Information for ECEC
COVID-19 Information for ECEC.