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How do leaders support improvement in Pacific early childhood services

Published: 14 Jul 2015

This report highlights the crucial role of leaders in Pacific early childhood services to manage changes that improve learning outcomes for Pacific children. Other leaders may find this report useful when considering improvement-focused changes in their centres.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Pacific Early Childhood services

Use of Equity Funding in Pacific Early Childhood Services

Published: 24 Oct 2013

This national report is about how effectively 15 Pacific early childhood services used Equity Funding to increase Pacific children's participation and support them to develop their language, culture and identity.

We have also published a companion report - Use of Equity Funding in Early Childhood Services.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Equity funding
Pacific Early Childhood services
Pasifika
Low socio-economic communities
Special education
Culture
Language

Use of Equity Funding in Early Childhood Services

Published: 24 Oct 2013

This national report discusses how effectively 147 early childhood services used Equity Funding and the extent to which the Equity Funding objectives of participation and quality in early childhood services were achieved.

We have also published a companion report - Use of Equity Funding in Pacific Early Childhood Services.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Equity funding
Early childhood services
Pacific Early Childhood services

Quality in Early Childhood Services

Published: 01 Aug 2010

Early childhood education has been an important focus for the Education Review Office for over 20 years. This report uses findings from ERO's national evaluations of early childhood education and individual services' education reviews to highlight the factors that contribute to high quality early childhood education and care, as well as those that contribute to poor quality. The report provides a good starting point for further discussion for anyone involved in early childhood education including education providers, policy makers and teachers.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Quality
Early childhood services
Regulatory frameworks

Positive Foundations for Learning: Confident and Competent Children in Early Childhood Services

Published: 30 Oct 2011

This report discusses the areas of strength, and areas for development that ERO found. It also describes the practices of specific service types - Playcentres, kindergartens and education and care services - in supporting children’s social competence, and understanding of appropriate behaviour.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Social and emotional competence
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Regulatory frameworks
Professional capability

Early Childhood Education: A Guide for Parents

Published: 01 Jun 2007

This 2007 ERO report is to help parents make an informed decision about selecting an early childhood service to suit them and their children. It identifies types of early childhood services and ways in which parents can help their child settle into a service.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Kindergartens
Education and care centres
Parent-led services
Playcentres
Playgroups
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