This is the first opportunity of its kind for people who supervise, run, own, manage, and lead early childhood services to get together, network, talk and get access to information that other managers don't have. 

It is equally relevant for home and centre-based service operators, and private, public, and community early childhood services.

Places are limited and will be accepted in order of date of registration completed. So get your name on the list of attendees by registering now.    

PROGRAMME

9.00am   Tea/Coffee on arrival

9.30am   Welcome and Introductions

9.40am   Tony Alexander (Chief Economist, BNZ):  "The NZ Economy"  

10.30am Morning Tea 

11.00am Karl Le Quesne (national office Group Manager of ECE, Ministry of Education):  "Early Childhood Policy and Funding Update"

12.30pm Lunch

1.15pm   Bevin Fitzsimons (Director, Breakthrough Strategies) "Financial Management, Being Audit-Ready, and How to Reduce the Risk of Fraud"

2.30pm   Jenny Thomas (Manager Registration) and Linda Gendall (Manager Teacher Practice, NZ Teachers' Council)  Teacher Registration Requirements and Reporting of Misconduct: What EC Service Managers Need to Know. 

3.15pm   Discussion on information gaps and topics for our next Management Forum over tea & coffee.

1. Non-Member Fee: This event is advertised at the discounted ChildForum member rate of $98 per person. Non members will be charged an additional $20 per person.

2. Payment is Required Before the Event: Payment can be made via Internet Banking, Cheque or Credit Card.

3. Credit Card - No password for payment needed. If paying by credit card please note that you don't have to put in a password to pay via paypal or have a paypal account.  Just look at the smaller writing on the left of the paypal screen and click on where it says to pay by credit card.  

4. Cancellation Policy: 

•  ChildForum reserves the right to cancel any event and all fees will be refunded. ChildForum accepts no responsibility for other costs (e.g. travel, accommodation bookings) incurred by the registrant.
• No refunds will be given if a registrant for what ever reason is unable to attend the event booked.
• Substitutions are permitted if you can no longer attend - but please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   and inform us before the date of the event.

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