Why?
Over the past few days I’ve been asking myself why I chose to do what I do and then realised that I didn’t choose it, it chose me! One of the most vivid memories I have is of the first time I visited a...
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What’s in a Name? – Timothy Moran (Wallaroo Playschool)
I recently came back from a conference in Germany entitled, ‘Men in Early Childhood Education’. The German government has spent money on an initiative to increase the number of male educators, which is...
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Early Years Settings & ECCE
This article from The Irish Times 15/01/2013, gives an interesting insight in to what is happening in the Irish Childcare industry. Contributions come from Little Feat Childcare Centre and...
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Where Do We Stand Now? – David King
David King’s latest blog post addresses an issue which arose earlier this week after the The Department of Children & Youth Affairs issued a circular which aimed to bring clarity to the type of...
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Launch of Start Strong’s submission for the National Early Year’s Strategy –...
After Tony Cooks the Chairman of Start Strong had welcomed everyone and introduced the panel, Toby Wolfe of Start Strong highlighted the key points of their National Early Years Strategy submission...
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All I have is my Opinion – Tim Moran
Some thoughts on all this stuff about crèches. All I have is my opinion really. What is the formula for quality? It’s never that simple, and certainly isn’t here. I have been working in childcare for...
View ArticleFall out and Knee Jerk reactions
A post from Bernie we thought we’d post to the main page on our Facebook page so as many people as possible could see it and comment. ‘Just reading on RTE.ie that Gordan Jeyes who will be heading up...
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We Finally Know Where We Stand – David King
Since my ‘Where do we stand now?’ article in April regarding recent graduates of AMI in Ireland, my question has finally been answered. We do in fact now know exactly where we stand with regards to...
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Time to Recharge
Summer has well and truly arrived in Ireland! We’re even having a heat wave and have to water the plants and put water out for the birds. It’s unheard of in Ireland to have such an unbroken run of...
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What we’ve been doing – Part 1
It’s fitting that at the end of the academic year we take time to look back and evaluate our performance. There are somethings we didn’t achieve, some we started doing and then realised they weren’t...
View ArticleWhat we’ve been doing – Part 2
One of our programmes this year has been to help create the national body of the Association of Childhood Professionals (ACP). Similar to what Montessori Alliance does for Montessorians ACP does for...
View ArticleRates of Pay Survey
It’s the time of year when people are changing jobs, looking for new employees or are considering opening their own early years service. We’ve been asked what the current rate of pay is for staff in...
View ArticleOutdoor Play Conference
On Saturday the 21st of September 2013 we’re hoping to get down and dirty at the Outdoor Play Conference being hosted by Border Counties Childhood Network and the Crann Support Group in Monaghan. The...
View ArticleRate of Pay for Childhood Professionals in Ireland Sept 2013
We conducted an online survey which we asked people who were currently working in the childhood sector in Ireland to complete. We used Survey Monkey to construct the survey and used social media and...
View ArticleGrowing Up In Ireland Study, 0-3 years cohort – Pamela Purcell
I attended the Launch of the GUI Development from Birth to Three Years Infant Cohort summary at the ERSI on Friday 20th September 2013. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs pointed out in her...
View ArticleAistear in Action Conference
Today I attended the Aistear in Action Conference which was co-hosted by Early Childhood Ireland and the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NCCA) in St. Patrick’s college Dublin, which is a...
View ArticleParlimentary Questions – Childcare Training Fund
This following are responses to parlimentary questions asked by Robert Troy in the Dáil on Tuesday the 26/11/2013. We’ve posted them here because we feel you need to be kept up to date about what is...
View ArticleMontessori to Aistear mapping toolkit manual
We’ve combined our Aistear & Montessori mapping tool into one manual which subscribers can print off and use as a reference when recording the children’s work. Subscribers can log into their...
View ArticleCelebration
Last night at Irene Gunning the CEO of Early Childhood Ireland’s retirement part I was reacquainted with some of my San Miniato study trip colleagues and recalled some happy memories.
View ArticleContinuing my Professional Journey – David King
We are all very much aware that this is an exciting time for our sector, you don’t need me to tell you that. Nor do you need me to tell you that our sector is rapidly professionalising and our...
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