All early childhood services are warmly invited to send representatives or delegates to the Early Childhood Management National Forum
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Date: Thursday 1st September
Where: In central Wellington city, at St Andrews on the Terrace, 30 The Terrace (Located close to Parliament. A short walk from the train station. A number of car park buildings are nearby)
Cost: $79 per person. This is the special discounted rate for ChildForum members. Non-members $139. Save $60 by joining quickly online from our website at www.childforum.com or email us for a membership application form (email:
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before you register for the Forum)
What is the E.C. Management National Forum?
This is an executive development opportunity for managers and their team members from across different early childhood services.
It is an inspiring and informative forum where supervisors, professional leaders, committee members, managers, administrators, employers and owners come together to hear for themselves about recent changes and likely challenges ahead, ask questions, and gain important insights.
Wellington is the heart of NZ – home to Parliament and the national museum of NZ 'Te Papa'. Why not escape to Wellington and combine attending the Forum with having a long weekend of rest and recreation? As a manager its important to look after yourself - so you can look after your staff, families and children well.
Registering for this Event
Early registration is advised as spaces are limited. Preference for places is given to ChildForum members first, therefore if you are not a ChildForum member please note that you will be notified within 72 hours only if you have had to be placed on a waiting list for a place.
Payment must be made to secure/confirm your place.
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ChildForum reserves the right to cancel this event, in the hopefully unlikely event of something going wrong such as a natural disaster. Fees will be reimbursed to registrants. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of registrants and ChildForum accepts no responsibility.
Should you not be able to attend the Forum after registering, no refund will be made. You may however give your place to someone else at your early childhood service. Please let us know as soon as you can who will be substituting for you, email:
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PROGRAMME (to be confirmed)
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9.30am
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Introduction and Introductions
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10.00am
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Professional Development Q&A with Janet Moles from Teaching Central Ltd
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10.30am
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ERO Review Processes and Self-Review Requirements – find out more from ECE leader Sandra Collins of the Education Review Office
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11.15am
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Brunch break – a chance to quickly stretch your legs and pick up a decent coffee and food treat at one of the cafés nearby – or BYO lunch.
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12.15pm
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NZ Economy Update – prepare not to be bored by BNZ Chief Economist Tony Alexander
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1pm
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Financial Management, Accounting and Audit Q& A with Bevin Fitzsimons from Breakthrough Strategies Ltd and author of the ECE Audit-Ready Kits for Community and Privately-owned Services
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1.30pm
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Early Childhood Education Policy Update - learn what’s happened recently and what’s happening now directly from Ministry of Education Group Managers Early Childhood and Regional Education Karl Le Quesne/ Karin Dalgleish
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2.30pm
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Afternoon tea (available at venue)
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3.00pm
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4 Roundtables to identify and discuss common problems for:
- community-run (parent and teacher-led) centres
- privately-owned centres
- home-based services (private and community)
- services with a specialist philosophy and language nests
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3.45 – 4.30pm
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Troubleshooting – Sharing ideas and strategies for getting on top of problems, staying positive and keeping ahead
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Lunch is not provided. As the forum venue is located in the heart of Wellington city we have left the lunch time free for you to stretch your legs and have a look around. Refreshments will be provided. |
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