This episode, we’re spending some time thinking about educator and teacher practice in the first three years. There’s a huge amount of advocacy out there for the importance of the first five years, but plenty of research points to the idea that the first three years are even more important for children. Yet infants and toddlers practice in the sector often receives far less attention than the years just before school.
To look at this area from two different perspectives, Leanne and Liam spoke separately with Dr Andi Salamon, an early childhood teacher, researcher and advocate, and Lauren Hibberson, an Infants Team Leader with Northside Community Service.
Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.
Interview with Sarah Baray, CEO of Pre-K 4 SA
Flying squads and the “look of quality” (with Dr. Deborah Harcourt)
State of Early Learning in Australia 2017 (with Sam Page, Early Childhood Australia CEO)
Child Protection Week
Children's rights and the media
Children's Book Week
Getting ready for the Jobs for Families reforms (with Karl Hessian)
Interview with Kate Washington, NSW Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day
Community-based management and the NQF
Children's health and safety
Trauma-informed practice: Educators' stories
BONUS: Leanne at the Australian Family Early Education & Care Awards
Trauma-Informed Practice (with Beth Macgregor)
Interview with Sarah Mitchell, NSW Minister for Early Childhood Education
Labor's early education consultation: an audio submission
Quality ratings in Preschool and LDC
National Reconciliation Week (with Alex Shain)
Educational program and practice (with Rhonda Livingstone)
The National Partnership Agreement (Eurovision Remix)
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