Rowe Training news

20 Aug

Child Protection Training

We offer Child Protection Training Professional Development for services that align with the unit:

CHCCHILD401B Identify and respond to children and young people at risk.

Implement work practices which support the protection of children and young people
Report indications of possible risk of harm
Apply ethical and nurturing practices in work with children and young people

This training outlines the Mandatory Reporting Legislative requirements in the NT.

14 Aug

EYLF to be Translated into 10 Languages

Early Childhood and Child Care Minister Kate Ellis has announced that the Early Years Learning Framework will be translated into 10 different languages. The Department has said that while educators need a proficiency in English, that having the early years framework being translated into their mother tongue would be a great benefit to them.

31 Jul

Literacy and Numeracy Week

The National Literacy and Numeracy Week is here! This is the week to promote Literacy and Numeracy to both children and parents. Celebrate Literacy and Numeracy with the rest of Australia, for the 15th year!

The Australian Literacy and Numeracy site has a list of resources for promoting both Literacy and Numeracy to students.

http://www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au/resources

09 Jul

Five Fast Facts: Qualification Requirements in 2014

A number of the qualification requirememtns for centre-based and family day care services will change, as of the 1st of January 2014. We understand that you need to know these requirements to meet them, below is an outlining of the new requirements and also a link to ACECQA's Newsletter with the Five Fast Facts, this Newsletter is viewable on your computer, with links to further information on each point inside.

The Five Fast Facts:

28 Jun

Environment Makeover

Is your Outdoor Area looking a bit tired? Need some inspiration in including an Environmental Makeover into your Quality Improvement Plan [QIP]? Why not focus your QIP on an Environment Makeover for your Service? This could be focused on the National Quality Standard [NQS] Quality Area 3: Physical Environment.

14 May

Professional Conversations

Early Childhood Australia ask: "Have you thought about professional conversations as part of your professional learning?" Early Childhood Australia have started a new series of professional learning videos. These are called the "Have you thought about...?" series - this is a new video (link is below), there are many more on varying Early Childhood topics on file.

02 May

App Happy

What apps do you own? Have you downloaded some just for your children?

University researchers have noted that while parents generally look for apps that focus on rote learning, the apps they should be downloading are ones that stimulate creative expression, language development and problem-solving. So what Apps are you offering in your service/home?

06 Apr

Jobs are in Early Childhood, not Primary

If you are talking to anyone interested in Teaching, here is an incentive for them to train in Early Childhood teaching.

24 Mar

Workshop for Students and Services - Marte Meo International

The following workshop may be of interest to many of our students and services:
Remember to click the link below to read more.

In short, Maria Aarts, founder of the highly successful Marte Meo model, will be travelling to Darwin in May to hold a two-day workshop. This event will be extremely worthwhile for early childhood educators, as well as parents, to attend. Marte Meo is a popular model being utilised in a number of Aboriginal health and education and care centres across Australia and is relevant to the Early Years Learning Framework.

22 Feb

Clean Up Australia Day 2013!

What is "Clean up Australia day"?

Check out Clean Up Australia Day and see how you and your service can get involved.

The national clean up will be held on Sunday 3 March 2013, and the schools clean up day will be held on the Friday 1 March 2013.How many Child Care services in the NT will be registered this year? This is a great community event to have the children, families and Educators involved in together.