The Early Education Show

Early Learning Everyone Benefits spokesperson and Early Childhood Australia CEO Sam Page joins Lisa and Liam for a discussion about the State of Early Learning in Australia 2017 Report released this week. Episode Times 02'40" State of Early Learning Report Discussion47'51" Recommendations55'19" Outro Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

This week, Lisa and Liam talk about National Child Protection Week and how well early childhood education services and organisations are performing in their child protection roles.   01'08" Newslist18'23" Child Protection Week48'49" Recommendations51'19" Outro Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com

Early childhood educators, services and advocates exploring issues of inclusion and social justice have been getting a lot of negative attention in the media recently, mostly from the conservative newspapers. Why are some media outlets to outraged by exploring rights in early education settings, and how should the sector respond? Lisa also talks with Dr Red Ruby Scarlet about how she has responded to the recent media interest and why the sector needs people who will publicly champion social justice issues. 01'21" Newslist09'03" Children's rights and the media28'41" Dr Red Ruby Scarlet Interview45'38" Recommendations49'36" Outro Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com

It's Children's Book Week, so Leanne and Liam talk about the importance of literacy and reading in the early years, before sharing their favourite children's authors and providing a book recommendation each for early education professionals. 02'39" Newslist13'33" Children's Book Week51'40" Recommendations54'29" Outro Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com

This week, Lisa has a chat over the phone with our resident expert on all things tricky and complex with early childhood legislation, Karl Hessian. Karl lets us know what he thinks all services should be doing before the reform package takes effect in July 2018. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

This week we bring you an interview Leanne conducted with Kate Washington MP, NSW Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education. They discuss Labor's policy positions on early childhood education, current issues with funding of early education in NSW and much more. Plus, stay tuned right to the end to find out about our exciting first ever competition! Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

This week, Liam talks with Sharron Williams - the Board Chairperson of SNAICC and CEO of Aboriginal Family Support Services - about National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. This annual event is the largest national day to celebrate Australia's Indigenous children. Sharron talks about how important his day is, and why early childhood education services should get involved. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

We're all big supporters of not-for-profit provision of early childhood education, but how has community-based management changed after the introduction of the National Quality Framework - and why is it a good model for ECEC? Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

The gang's all back together as Lisa, Leanne and Liam bring you another look at the new revised National Quality Standard. This episode we look at Quality Area 2: Children's Health and Safety. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com

This week, we're bringing you a follow-up to our last regular episode which focused on trauma-informed practice. This episode features psychologist Beth Macgregor speaking with three educators from Northside Community Service in the ACT on their work with Beth in 2017, and how it supported them to support children. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

This week, we're bringing you the first episode of our brand-new podcast series - The Early Education Show: Snapshots. This new series takes some of our discussions from previous episodes and publishes them on their own, which means you can listen to them quickly and easily. The first episode will be published on Monday July 10, but we're bringing you the first episode as a special bonus this week. Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

Leanne brings us some chats with a few of the winners from the recent Australian Family Early Education & Care Awards (in-between bouts on the dance floor).

This week Liam has a chat with Beth Macgregor, a psychologist with a focus on young children who has worked with a range of early childhood settings. Beth talks about how working with a trauma-informed background can help all children, and how educators have an opportunity to support children at a critical time in their life. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Leanne has a chat with Sarah Mitchell MLC, NSW Minister for Early Childhood Education, discussing the NSW Government's Start Strong funding and the importance of early education. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Kate Ellis has launched a national consultation on policy reform for Australia's early education and care sector. This episode we go through the discussion paper question-by-question and create our own audio submission. 26 questions in just over an hour - it's the early childhood policy lightning round!