Powerful New Story Editor To help make beautiful learning stories even easier to create, Educa has updated its story editor. It uses smart image sizing, background colors, expanded print options and a number of other refinements to make story creation … Read More
Your ECE Families Are Online, Are You?
Share Today’s Progress Today for Real Family Collaboration Your families want to have meaningful conversations about their children. And in today’s world of news alerts, push notifications and instant search, to be meaningful, it has to be in real time, … Read More
Confirming Powerful Frameworks in Educa
Applying Wendy Lee’s “Big Narrative” – Demo Video In Wendy Lee’s recent webinar on Recognising Powerful Frameworks – watch it here – Wendy refers to the big narratives, the big picture, and how learning stories can fit together to confirm … Read More
‘Frequent Sample’ Reporting Saves Time For School
The Kiwitea Story “Our end of year reports took so much less time than last year.” Change is tricky. Small group. Large group. It doesn’t matter. The reaction to change can range from the eager adopter to the feisty resistor. … Read More
Remote Learning & Communications When a School Closes
Supporting your students, families and staff remotely Your school just closed unexpectedly. What now? The community and sense of purpose that comes from working together in education is precious. And while there are online tools that can help your students, … Read More
Staying On Track When a Center Closes – Using Educa
Supporting your families and staff remotely Your center just closed unexpectedly. What now? The community and sense of purpose that comes from working together in early education is precious. And so an unexpected closure due to Covid-19 or a weather … Read More
Announcing the 2019 New Zealand Study Tour Winner
Again this year, Educa offered early childhood educators from New Zealand, Australia and North America the chance to win a place on a New Zealand Study Educational Tour, hosted by Kelly Goodsir. We are delighted to announce that Judi Stevenson-Garcia … Read More
Risk and Respect in ECE: The Childspace Story
Interview with Childspace founders, Robin & Toni Christie “Teachers respect children by allowing them to take ownership of their learning.” Toni Christie, Childspace Childspace stands out as as thought leader and relentless innovator in the New Zealand early childhood sector. … Read More
ECE Documentation Your Teachers & Families Will Love!
Make it about the child, using learning stories Assessments can be time-consuming with unclear benefits. Or they can be life-affirming and precious for teachers, families and children. Many early educators around are not fond of documentation, defined here as assessments … Read More
Your QIP Process, Only Simpler – in Educa
Reduce inspection stress, focus on a higher rating The evidence is in Educa, now your QIP process documentation can be there too! Educa has added a number of templates to support your QIP process, from working together on reflections and … Read More