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Catharine Hydon
Catharine has extensive experience in the early childhood sector in Australia and overseas. Beginning as a teacher in a sessional kindergarten program, Catharine has gone on to manage a range of services for children and their families.Assoc. Professor Fay Hadley
Fay Hadley is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and the Director of Education at the School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Fay’s work in early childhood education spans over three decades and she began her career as an early childhood teacher and Director in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in... Read MoreDescription
It may seem as though the early childhood sector has been the subject of constant reform over the past two decades, and really it has! With the design of national curriculum frameworks and the introduction of the National Quality Framework, along with reforms around child care subsidies and kindergarten funding, early childhood professionals may feel as though their heads are spinning. While the constant changes do present some challenges, it is important to also view these through a lens of opportunity and advocacy, particularly as we learn more about quality in the early childhood sector.
In this course, Catharine Hydon and Fay Hadley discuss:
- how to use data and evidence to support continuous quality improvement
- a selection of recommendations and implications from recently reviewed documents and their potential impacts on early childhood education and care settings and professionals
- how early childhood professionals can actively engage in advocacy for reform.
Duration: 1 hour
