How can my service build a strong relationship with my community?

Question: How can my service build a strong relationship with my community?

Answer:

Using reflective practice, following and extending children’s ideas, and learning and implementing intentional teaching activities will naturally connect you with your broader community.
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School-aged children wearing red baseball caps, celebrating with hands up in the air

Submission: 2025 federal pre-budget submission

Community Child Care Association (CCC) in partnership with Community Early Learning Australia (CELA), have created a plan that can deliver the Prime Minister’s vision for early education and care in the 2025 Federal Budget.

Evidence snapshot: Inclusion Support in Victoria – Needs and Outcomes, 2024

This document illustrates the growing need for services, the lack resources to address the inclusion needs, and the positive impact VIA is having on services' ability to support children who have additional needs.

Ink dries on first national supported bargaining agreement for ECEC – The Sector

04 December 2024
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) employer peak bodies Community Child Care Association and Community Early Learning Australia met with the Federal Government and signed the first national supported bargaining agreement for the ECEC sector.

Friends like us – The Sector

05 November 2024
Dr Jennifer Cartmel wrote the first PhD on outside school hours care (OSHC) in Australia. Dr Bruce Hurst remembers the day someone handed it to him. Bruce and Jennifer to reflect on their journey advocating for OSHC.

Spotlight on Hawthorn Early Years: ‘Our goal is to be A&R-ready at all times’ – The Sector

31 October 2024
Hawthorn Early Years (HEY) is a community-based long day care and kindergarten service with an overall Exceeding rating, Community Child Care Association recently met with them to find out how they achieved the top rating, and their tips for other services striving to do the same.

Embracing diversity: Inclusive practice for children with high support needs – The Sector

25 October 2024
We sat down with Kellie Anne Harris, the centre manager at Box Hill North Montessori Academy, to learn how they leapt into action with a flexible approach to inclusion to welcome a child with high support needs.

The service where educators are encouraged to spread their wings, even if it means going elsewhere – The Sector

21 October 2024
Community Child Care Association (CCC) recently sat down with members Angie Serwecinska and Natasha Nolan Addison, Monash Children’s Centre (MCC) co-directors who share an unconventional approach to managing and retaining staff at their 100+ place service.
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