ECC Policy Handbook

The ECC's Policy Handbook is a comprehensive guide for non-member early childhood education centres on effectively managing a centre's policies and procedures. Supporting your centre by providing a practical resource and reference on policy development and review, specifically in relation to the Ministry of Education’s Licensing Criteria for Centre-Based services.

Note this resource is intended only as a policy-writing and procedure-development guide, with key information you need to know and example policy/procedure statements. This Handbook is to support your centre as you develop your full suite of policies and procedures.

The ECC’s Policy Handbook is recommended for non-member centres, as the contents of the ECC's Policy Handbook, including a wide range of additional tools and templates, is available freely to ECC members via the "Support & Resources" section of this website.

This version of the ECC's Policy Handbook is produced as a pdf file and will be emailed to the email address provided on purchase with 3-5 working days.