Building quality children’s education and care services

“The skills and abilities acquired in early childhood are fundamental to a person’s success and well-being in later life. A positive early childhood provides personal and economic benefits to the individual and also to society.”

A Practical Vision for Early Childhood Education and Care - PwC report 2011

“Today’s rising generation in the countries of the OECD is the first in which a majority are spending a large part of their early childhoods, not in their own homes with their own families, but in some form of child care”UNICEF (2008), ‘The childcare transition,’ Innocenti Report Card 8

Exciting time in our sector

Creating a better future

Starting our journey

• 992,520 children in approved care• 115,660 in FDC nationally• 38,410 in FDC in NSW• 419 FDC services nationally• 116 FDC services in NSW

Latest figures

Priorities

• Establishing consistent procedures for the NQF• Determining qualifications and training for

authorised officers• Determining approved qualifications• Setting and awarding highest rating for services

– Excellent• Communicating with the sector

Keeping in touch• Email

– enquiries@acecqa.gov.au

• Telephone– 1300 4 ACECQA

• Facebook– www.facebook.com/ACECQA

• Twitter– @ACECQA

• ACECQA Blog– We hear you– http://acecqa.gov.au/wehearyou/

Practical SupportThe ACECQA website hosts a wide range of practical resources and templates such as:• Quality Improvement Plan• Information sheets• Medication Record• FAQs

Come to ACECQA for:• information and news on the NQF• resources and templates• downloading application and notification forms• link to NQA ITS• qualification lists• assessment of qualifications• excellent rating applications• second tier review applications

Come to your Regulatory Authority for:• Submitting application and notification forms• Temporary and service waivers • Provider/service and certified supervisor

approvals• Information about assessment and rating• Information on transitions and savings

provisions unique to your jurisdiction.

Guiding their learning

Current focus

Use the secure portal to:• apply for approvals (provider, service, supervisor

certificates)• amend a provider or service approval• notify a change of nominated supervisor• seek a service waiver or temporary waiver• submit a serious incident report or notification of

complaints received at the service• amend a supervisor certificate• pay fees online

Working together