You know who we’re talking about… These are staff who rock the boat, divide teams, savage morale, may act unethically (even bully others) and send your best staff looking for work elsewhere. And your toxic staff might actually be among … Read More
5 Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing A Parent Engagement or Documentation Software
Whether you want software for engaging parents or for documenting children’s learning, it can be tricky to find the right one that meets all your needs. Before your early learning service invests in software, think about whether the program you’ve … Read More
The Parent Tour: How To Close The Deal Every Time
Tips To Help Your Child Care Centre Make The Most Of Every Parent Tour A successful parent tour of your early learning service is the clincher for parents looking to enroll their children. So, how can you and your staff … Read More
Managing Your Childcare Service And Bringing Out The Best In Your Teaching Staff
Educa spoke to service directors for the best tips on managing your ECE staff. Having effective interactions with your ECE staff is a crucial part of leadership. Strangely enough, most teachers don’t see themselves as leaders yet “were expected to … Read More
GDPR and Why Your ECE Program or School Should Care
Tips On Complying with the New Data Protection Regulations from the EU Heads up, schools and services that use Educa software! You might just be a “data controller” — and that has new legal implications. Take a breath. It’s not that … Read More
How Is Your Service Embracing The ‘Big Change’ In STEM?
Educators need to get more savvy about the concepts of Science, Technology, Energy and Maths (STEM). But chances are your service is already well on the way. Educa spoke to two early childhood specialists who presented at the recent ECA … Read More
Is It Time For Your Child Care Centre To Close Its Parent Facebook Group?
Should Data Privacy Eclipse Convenience? “If you’re not paying for a product, you are the product.” The Delete Facebook movement and the #deletefacebook hash tag is in full flight after revelations that for years hundreds of companies have taken and … Read More
Building A Quality Conscious Team In Early Childhood Education
Quality is a constant focus and benchmark for the early education sector, but how do you build a quality conscious team? That was the question which early childhood education consultant and trainer Miriam Dressler addressed at a free Educa webinar … Read More
Working With Millennial Educators In Early Childhood Education
What They’re Saying About You: The Generational Divide In Childcare Asking educators what it’s like working with their younger cohort brings out the criticism. But this is not a blog post about bashing newbies in the sector. It’s about coaxing … Read More
Tackle These NQS Changes First
NQS Help From Expert, Michelle Rogers Are you looking for NQS help? Have you printed out the guide to the National Quality Framework yet? All 693 pages? Sure it could be a handy doorstop, but we’ve wheeled in our resident … Read More