Support & Advocacy

Support and Advocacy

Explore information and resources essential for operating your centre. You will find policies, checklists, and more on topics such as pay and conditions, employment practices, child protection, and business planning.

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Child Protection

Tools to help you develop a child protection policy and safety-check the people working with your centre's children

Pay Parity

Information on ECC's voice to government and the sector on Pay Parity issues, and how you can be involved.

Wages and Salaries Survey

Insights and data for centre employers and employees on fair and reasonable wages

Business Planning

Tips and resources to help you tailor your centre's business plan and comply with regulation

Financial Management

Tools and reports to help you manage cash flow, budget, profit and loss statement, and your balance sheet

Health and Safety

Policies, procedures and guidelines for implementing best-practice Health and Safety, and complying with licensing criteria

Events

The Early Childhood Council offers professional development for ECE centre owners, managers and teachers. We run both online and in-person events for the sector.

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Workshops for centre management

Online workshops for centre owners, managers and governance boards

Workshops for teachers

Online workshops for teaching staff hosted on Zoom

Webinars

Informational webinars on the latest issues and topics affecting the sector

ECC Conference 2024

Earlybird sales end midnight Monday 25 March 2024.

Rubiix Lunch n Learn Webinars

Bite-sized informational webinars on topical issues

New Zealand Childcare Finance Policyhub

Get informed and involved on upcoming policy updates, changes and submissions.

Preferred Suppliers

Preferred Supplier Programme

Discounted goods and services and other benefits from a range of preferred suppliers, including companies that provide members with free legal or financial advice.

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About the Preferred Supplier Programme

The ECC Preferred Supplier Programme provides ECC members access to a range of goods and services from ECC-contracted Preferred Suppliers at favourable rates and may include additional benefits to the ECC.

Early Childhood Council App

The ECC app gives members access to discounts and special pricing, displays upcoming events, and for employers it gives you a quicker way to contact our exclusive helplines, all in one place.

Exclusive Helplines

Access our member helplines for employment law and financial advice.

Becoming a Preferred Supplier

News & Media

News and Media

Keep up with the latest news and media releases published by the Early Childhood Council.

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Moves to simplify ECE regulation will benefit centres and parents

The Early Childhood Council says today’s Early Childhood Education regulation announcements and confirmation of a wider regulatory review will help teachers and managers focus on children, not unnecessary compliance.

Early Childhood providers landed with increased salary rates for overseas teachers, with no notification or funding from government

The Early Childhood Council is labelling rules as grossly unfair that mean ECE teachers recruited from overseas, through initiatives like the Accredited Employer Work Visa, are paid more than New Zealand trained ECE teachers.

ECC Centre Closures Report: March 2024

An overview of ECE centre closures and new services opened in March 2024.

Guidance on FamilyBoost

FamilyBoost is a childcare payment scheme that takes effect from 1 July 2024 onwards, and is intended to support parents and caregivers of young children in managing childcare fees with a partial reimbursement.

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Food Act and ECE

Food Act and ECE Centres

Childcare centres that provide food need to meet compliance requirements such as verification, competency, and record-keeping. Find essential documents to maintain food safety standards, helping your centre to provide nourishing, safe and hygienic meals for children.

Staying food-safe in your centre

The Food Act 2014 was established to protect consumers and users of food from safety risks. Childcare centres that provide food need to meet compliance requirements such as verification, competency, and record-keeping.

All early childhood education centres that provide food must meet the requirements of National Programme 2 and need to make sure the food they serve is safe. Some centres need to be registered and verified and ensure they are compliant with food safety requirements. This includes keeping records that demonstrate food is stored and prepared safely.

Members can access the essential templates and guidance to help you develop a food safety policy or address specific areas like staff competency, storage, cleaning, or hazard control.

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Pay Parity

Member-only resources

Below is a sample of resources available free to members. Members can log in to the Member Portal to see the full list of templates, guidelines and other resources.