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Community Connections Solutions Australia (CCSA) is a not-for-profit, non-government, membership-based organisation that supports the management of high-quality early childhood services and other community organisations.
Current issues
- Department
of Education and Communities (DEC) National Quality Framework (NQF) assessment
and rating information pack
DEC has provided a general information
pack about the NQF assessment and rating process for distribution to our member
services. The pack contains the following information sheets about the assessment and ratings
process:
NSW specific information sheet
Assessment and rating
National information sheets
Rating System
Assessment and rating process.
There are also assessment and rating and Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) resources, and a link where you can access other useful websites and resources.
In the letter accompanying the
information pack, Andrew Rolfe, Acting General Manager, Early Childhood Education
and Care, DEC clarifies a few common questions from services about the roll-out
of the assessment and rating process, including the preparation of QIPs,
assessment visits and the evaluation of the assessment and rating process. Go here to download
this letter, which contins links to the information pack.
- Federal Budget announcements relevant to Early Childhood Education and Care
CCSA has prepared a summary document outlining Budget announcements relevant to the ECEC sector. You can download the document here.
- CCSA response to the review of the Supplementary Provisions Regulation
CCSA has prepared a submission to the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) in response to the Statutory Review of the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Regulation 2004 (NSW Regulations). These are the regulations that will apply to non-National Quality Framework services. CCSA believes that the DEC move to make further amendments to the Regulations to bring about a closer alignment between the national and state regulations is a positive step for the sector. You can read the full CCSA response here.
Registrations for Dr Stuart Shanker's visit in May are now open. He will be visiting Canberra on Tuesday 29 May 2012, and Tweed Heads
on Wednesday 30 May 2012.
Download the flyer and registration form here. You can complete the form electronically and email straight to us.
Registrations will close 18 May.
- National Regulations update
The Ministerial Council for Education, Early
Childhood Development and Youth Affairs have approved the
Education and Care Services National Regulations. CCSA has prepared some documents to assist you with changes. Information sessions will be held around the state to assist with the implementation of the National Regulations.
For more details and links, and regular updates, click here.
- Forms for committee
members
There has been quite a lot of confusion around the forms which committees
members are required to complete to comply with the new regulations. Our latest
advice from the Department of Education and Communities is that the following
forms must be provided:
PA08
– Notification of change to information
about approved provider - to be completed by the service provider
PA02
– Declaration of fitness and propriety
- to be completed by committee member who are office bearers
CSDF3 – Working With Children Check - to be completed by each committee
member
P799
– Criminal History Check – to be
completed by officer bearers and the Public Officer. Alternatively, Criminal History Checks can be completed online, through National Crime Check.
Please contact
us if you need any further information about this.
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