......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.
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| Professional Development |
2009 Workshops |
14 Nov |
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• 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. |
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• 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. |
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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
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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 |
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14th March
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Young children's mathematical ideas - Professor Bob Perry
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| • 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 |
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2008 Workshops |
15 Nov |
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Annual General Meeting plus Workshops - Bringing it all together - Sharing an inquiry approach. Judy Will presents - 'Picture Magic' an inquiry based resource CD.
Download Picture Magic Flyer .pdf more info..
Janine Boyd - 'Little Picasso' Creative Christmas in the early years. |
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23 Aug |
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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/ |
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1 March
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Connecting to the Millennium Generation
Dr Trudy Sweeney (Flinders University) |
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17 May |
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Science- Hands on exploration, a series of workshops. EDC Centre, Hindmarsh 8.30 - 12.30pm |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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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/ |
| Picture Magic |
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What is picture magic ? Download Picture Magic Flyer  |
| Visit www.picturemagic.com.au |
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| Graham Wegner ICT Tips |
| FLICKR |
| http://www.flickr.com |
| http://search.creativecommons.org/ |
| http://www.flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php |
| http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ |
| http://creativecommons.org |
| del.icio.us |
| http://del.icio.us |
| http://del.icio.us/wegner |
| Web 2.0 educators |
| Kathy Cassidy - |
| http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger id=1337&l=1143592742 |
| http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/index.hml |
| Rachel Boyd - |
| http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com |
http://room9nelsoncentral.blogpost.com |
| Maria Knee - |
| http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger id=51141 |
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| Contact Us |
| Email ceasa@ceasa.asn.au |
| Address EChO, CEASA, Level 1 Education Development Centre
Milner Street, Hindmarsh SA 5007 |
| Site management stephen.osborne@echungaps.sa.edu.au |