Early Childhood Organisation Inc

EChO news

Position Vacant - Global Education Centre. The GEC is seeking an experienced and flexible person to join our global education team. more info..

14 November 2009 Back by popular demand - Your favourite workshops in 2009 including AGM more info..

2009 Membership Applications now open - more info..

Register to use our online forum www.edna.edu.au

ECHO Conference dates 2009
• Saturday, 14th November

......The Early Childhood Organisation Inc is a group of professional educators whose focus is on the education and care of children aged from three to eight years. EChO is committed to further developing the status, high quality and future direction of early childhood education in South Australia

About EChO SA

Our Aims:

Promote and maintain the visibility of early childhood education.
Further the professional learning of early childhood educators by promoting quality early childhood practices.
To develop and maintain links with other professional associations.
Promote continuing interest in, advocacy for, and support research into children’s development- cultural, social, moral, physical and emotional.

Professional Development

2009 Workshops

14 Nov

• Dr Louise Porter - Valuing children and guiding children's behaviour. Dr Porter is a renowned child psychologist and author. This keynote will focus upon ‘What are our beliefs about children’s behaviour and what does that imply?

• ‘Little Picasso’ Janine Boyd. Inspirational ideas for the classroom art program.

Workshops: 'Back by popular demand' Download November Flyer

• Valuing Children - Dr Louise Porter - Follow up to keynote address

• Making, doing and thinking - Terry Stead - Focus is Technology, particularly thinking processes developed through ' hands on ' learning.

• In2Yoga - A workshop for Teachers with Lizzy Renner ( Elsie Ey Kindergarten ). Please wear comfortable casual / clothes.

• Fit at home and school; Activities and ideas - Joanna Buttfield Occupational Therapist(Kidsense).

All children are born musical - Carol Biddiss M.Ed Director: Musical Child - early learning through the music program “SING AND PLAY “for children 3 to 5 years.

Stargold Puppets - Luci Simmons & William Kyte - Puppetry and table plays for young children.

Download November Flyer

Aug

Penny Kazimierczak - Getting fit together - Whats at stake here?

Workshops:

•To make believe and back - A workshop for Teachers with Heather Weber, an experienced physiotherapist & pilates practitioner

•In2Yoga - A workshop for Teachers with Lizzy Renner ( Elsie Ey Kindergarten ). Please wear comfortable casual / clothes.

•Health and well being through an active environment - Marilyn Zulian (Kensington Gardens Kindy) and Marine Elliott (Early Years Coordinator).

•Fit at home and school; Activities and ideas - Joanna Buttfield Occupational Therapist(Kidsense).

•Music and movement - Ann Moore A play focused approach to fitness for children.

20 June

Luci Simmons & William Kyte - Stargold Puppets - Puppetry and table plays for young children.

http://www.playfull.on.net

Workshops:

• To make believe and back - Dave Brown of the Patchwork theatre uses themes of creativity, theatre and the child. http://www.patchtheatre.org.au/

• Drawing out the best - Korunna Schmidt-Mumm: New encounters in art that help children develop their drawing skills.

• Kodak Music education - Kirsty Dent: S.A. President and practicing teacher - a philosophical and sequential approach to teaching music 0-7 years

• The Arts and the IWB - Suzanne Dunn – Lockleys North Primary School -ideas and web sites to use on Interactive whiteboards in the Arts.

All children are born musical - Carol Biddiss M.Ed Director: Musical Child - early learning through the music program “SING AND PLAY “for children 3 to 5 years. Click here for more information. pdf

14th March

Young children's mathematical ideas - Professor Bob Perry

Workshops:
• Children Developing a Sense of Physical Wellbeing through Mathematics - Jo Spyrou – Magill JP School
• Children Learning to use the Language of Number Flexibly - Andrea Curtis – Northfield Primary School
• Children Developing, Demonstrating and Applying Mathematical Understandings - Lyn MacKenzie - MacDonald Park JP School
• Encouraging Children to Discover New Aspects of Shape and Space - Kathy Townsend - Hackham East Pre School
• Children using Tools and Technology to Explore their Environment, Collect Data and Record their Findings - Heather Heading – Hallet Cove Pre School

2008 Workshops

15 Nov

Annual General Meeting plus Workshops - Bringing it all together - Sharing an inquiry approach. Judy Will presents - 'Picture Magic' an inquiry based resource CD.

Picture Magic - EChO Download Picture Magic Flyer .pdf more info..

Janine Boyd - 'Little Picasso' Creative Christmas in the early years.

23 Aug

Regio Emilia Approach - The whole world smells - Learning when, curiosity, exploration and collaboration leads to in-depth meaning.

Visit Wooranna Parks Primary School, web site to learn more about their schools amazing journey http://www.woorannaparkps.vic.edu.au/ visit their newly launched Raison D’etre web site for more information about Wooranna Park Primary Schools transformation visit Mary Featherston’s web site http://www.featherston.com.au/

1 March

Connecting to the Millennium Generation Dr Trudy Sweeney (Flinders University)

17 May

Science- Hands on exploration, a series of workshops. EDC Centre, Hindmarsh 8.30 - 12.30pm

2007 workshops

Reading Aloud - The What, The Why, The When, The How Guest speaker Mem Fox www.memfox.com

Guiding Children's Behaviour Facilitated by Dr Louise Porter www.louiseporter.com.au

Meeting Children's Social, emotional and behavioural needs Presented by Dr Louise Porter www.louiseporter.com.au

Meeting Children's Social, emotional and behavioural needs. Presented by Dr Louise Porter www.louiseporter.com.au

EChO professional development funding

In 2008 EChO funded five sites to support them in an inquiry process. The successful sites were; Rendlesham Kindergarten, Angle Vale Primary School, Sturt Street Community Pre-school, Sheidow Park Primary School and Galilee Catholic School

“The grant money from ECHO certainly assisted in the success of our inquiry project. It was wonderful to have enough resources for each individual child eg. clip boards, magnifying glasses etc. It also enabled us to acquire the flip videos which proved to be a real hit with the children. It supported us in offering authentic experiences and assisting the children to have ownership of their learning.” Testimonial - Judy Wills, Rendlesham Kindergarten

Rendlesham Kindergarten

Download I Spy, I Think, I Wonder - 2.54Mb

Download I Spy, I Think, I Wonder - 456KB

Membership

All educators whose prime concern is with the education and care of young children are eligible for membership.

Membership runs from January to December of the year.

The 2009 membership form can be downloaded in .pdf form

Download EChO Membership Application

EChO Committee Structure

The committee shall consist of not less than thirteen members including a person with a state wide early childhood focus.

The Committee meets Mondays in week three and week eight of each term, between 4.30 and 6.30pm at the Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh.

The Annual General meeting is held at the end of each calendar year. The date of the Annual General meeting in 2009 is 14 November.

The Committee planning form can be downloaded in .pdf form.

Download Committee Planning Form

Executive Officers

The officers shall consist of:

President – elected each year

Vice President – elected each year

Secretary/ Public Officer- elected every two years

Treasurer- elected every two years alternating with the secretary

Council of Education Associations of South Australia

Sub Committees

The Executive Officers are to be elected from and by the planning committee as soon as practicable after the Annual General Meeting.

There will be ad hoc sub committees as required.

EChO news

Links to: Presidents Annual General report for 2007

Download Presidents Annual General report for 2008

Download Presidents Annual General report for 2007

Links

•Early Childhood Education Journals from RoutledgeRoutledge publish the following journals on Early Childhood Education Research and Teaching and are pleased to offer the Early Childhood Organisation online access to a selection of these journals.If you're interested in receiving personal copies of these journals or submitting research please follow the journals links:

• European Early Childhood Education Research Journal Published on behalf of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association.For free 7 day online access please visit www.informaworld.com/vouchers and enter the code VSDRECR0001B7DF

• Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education Published on behalf of the • Association for the Study of Primary Education For free 7 day online access please visit www.informaworld.com/vouchers and enter the code VSDEDTT0001E0EA

• Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal of Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Journal of In-service Education

• International Journal of Early Years Education

• Early Child Development and Care

• Early Years - An International Journal of Research and Development

Early Childhood Links

Early Childhood Australia (ECA)
The Australian Institute of Family Studies
Early Childhood Education On Line (listserv)
Early Childhood.com
Early Childhood Educator's and Family Web Corner
South Australian Library and Information Service Early Childhood

Professional Organisations

The Council of Education Associations of SA (CEASA)

http://www.ceasa.asn.au/

CEGSA

http://cegsa.editme.com/