For 2021, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has updated and expanded its Quickies series of short but to the point presentations that help existing and new providers.
The ACA NSW Quickies are only 2 hours or less and held throughout the year in face-to-face, live webinar and video-on-demand formats. They are for Approved Providers, Owners, Directors and Nominated Supervisors with industry-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.
This year's ACA NSW Quickies include:
For Approved Providers - Child Care Subsidy approvals & provider approvals
For 2021, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has updated and expanded its Quickies series of short but to the point presentations that help existing and new providers.
The ACA NSW Quickies are only 2 hours or less and held throughout the year in face-to-face, live webinar and video-on-demand formats. They are for Approved Providers, Owners, Directors and Nominated Supervisors with industry-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.
The topics to be covered in the ACA NSW Quickies – Developing Growth Strategies are:
What does working-on-your-business instead of working-in-your-business look like?
How do you keep track of your business without being there everyday?
What are the Top 5 risks to consider for your existing service(s) before your expansion plans?
What are the different types of growth strategies and why are they different?
How to build effective multi-site teams as you expand?
What systems are critical for success management?
What are the current/emerging threats to address/avoid?
Growing your business is not only natural, it is essential for the longer term for yourself, your family and your staff. But growing without a clear plan and strategy can be fraught with commercial and legal dangers, costly mistakes and unexpected compliance problems.
This ACA NSW Quickies session will help existing Approved Providers and co-owners who want to ensure their continuing success but also assure their future.
Alignment with National Quality Standards:
3.1 – Design
4.1 – Staffing Arrangements
7.1 – Governance
7.2 – Leadership
The 2021 sessions are as follows:
Thursday, 29 April 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) and via live webinar
Friday, 18 June 2021, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm n Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) and via live webinar
Monday, 6 September 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) and via live webinar
Your Presenter:
Lisa McGhee is a leading childcare consultant with experience in helping operators expand successfully. She holds a Bachelor of Business Management and a Masters in Supply Chain Management that provides the foundation for strategic critical analysis. Lisa has a large private customer base with expertise in business performance, expansion planning, portfolio design, financial management and modelling, investment and commercial brokering in the private, off-market sales of leaseholds and freeholds.
Other Benefits:
Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
Video recording sent post-session with access to expire 3 months after
Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
For 2021, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has updated and expanded its Quickies series of short but to the point presentations that help existing and new providers.
The ACA NSW Quickies are only 2 hours or less and held throughout the year in face-to-face, live webinar and video-on-demand formats. They are for Approved Providers, Owners, Directors and Nominated Supervisors with industry-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.
The topics to be covered in the ACA NSW Quickies – How To Always Be Prepared For A Spotcheck/Compliance Visit are:
What are the top 10 breaches/non-compliances that Authorised Officers look for?
How can Approved Providers appropriately challenge allegations of breaches/non-compliances?
What type of breaches/non-compliances will attract fines?
How must staff engage with Authorised Officers during a spotcheck/compliance visit?
What must staff do (away from the Authorised Officers) during a spotcheck/compliance visit?
How can approved providers use a spotcheck/compliance visit to reinforce a Meeting or Exceeding rating at their next Assessment and Rating?
Part of the quality framework expected of all early childhood education and care services in NSW are the unscheduled spotchecks/compliance visits by Authorised Officers of the NSW Department of Education Early Childhood Directorate.
In addition to ensuring children are being cared for in safe environments, it is useful to know what else Authorised Officers will look for during these visits. Their reporting of (alleged) breaches by services is meant to be transparent and fair, but services are sometimes unclear whether this has occurred. Ideally approved providers will be able to anticipate issues well before these spotchecks/compliance visits, so that Authorised Officers will help to reinforce Meeting or Exceeding ratings at the service’s next Assessment & Rating.
This ACA NSW Quickies session is designed for Approved Providers and their staff who want to be prepared for any spotchecks/compliance visits, and better manage and influence the outcomes of allegations of breaches/non-compliances.
Alignment with National Quality Standards:
1.1 – Program
2.2 – Safety
3.1 – Design
3.2 – Use
4.1 – Staffing
7.1 – Governance
7.2 – Leadership
The 2021 sessions are as follows:
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm via live-webinar
Thursday, 13 May 2021. from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm via live-webinar
Friday, 6 August 2021, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) and via live-webinar
Ticket Prices (not including EventBrite fees):
ACA NSW Members: $100 inc GST per person
Non-Members: $170 inc GST per person (or $150 inc GST per person for early birds up to 8 weeks prior)
Your Presenters:
Dr Brenda Abbey is a well-known early childhood education and care professional, and an Approved Provider with four services rated Meeting and Exceeding. In over 35 years of experience in the sector, she has operated as a Regulatory Authority Officer and consulted in the development of more than 70 centres. Her assistance is widely sought in all matters to do with compliance, and in optimising and improving the operations and business performance of childcare services. Brenda’s qualifications include Doctor of Philosophy (Education), Master of Education (Educational Administration), Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood), and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She is also a highly experienced teacher, centre director, author and presenter.
Chiang Lim is the CEO of the Australian Childcare Alliance NSW. He brings over 20 years as a professional industry advocate, organisational and business administrator, political agitator, entrepreneur and solutions seeker. His experiences include not-for-profit industry associations, information technology, telecommunications, defence, national and international standards development, human rights, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), local governments, and early childhood education and care.
Other Benefits:
Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
Video recording sent post-session with access to expire 3 months after
Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
For 2021, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has updated and expanded its Quickies series of short but to the point presentations that help existing and new providers.
The ACA NSW Quickies are only 2 hours or less and held throughout the year in face-to-face, live webinar and video-on-demand formats. They are for Approved Providers, Owners, Directors and Nominated Supervisors with industry-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.
The topics to be covered in the ACA NSW Quickies – How To Always Have The Best Possible Policies And Documentation are:
What do best possible policies and documentation look like?
What systems does your service need to adopt to develop best possible policies and documentation?
What does an Authorised Officer look for in policies and documentation and why?
How does the quality of policies and documentation directly affect outcomes?
How do you demonstrate that policies and documentation are embedded in your practices?
What are some recommended sources for best possible policies and documentation?
All early childhood education and care services rely on effective policies and documentation to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations, and also importantly to ensure consistent best-practice of educators, teachers and staff when it comes to educational, social and safety outcomes.
Legislation, regulations, and best practices are constantly evolving. This means approved providers and centre directors are faced with the difficult task of keeping pace, especially when policies, documentation, and your embedded practices have a direct impact on the assessment and rating of your services.
This ACA NSW Quickies session is designed for Approved Providers and your staff who want to not only comply with regulatory requirements but exceed them.
Alignment with National Quality Standards:
1.2 – Practice
1.3 – Assessment and Planning
2.1 – Health
2.2 – Safety
3.1 – Design
3.2 – Use
4.1 – Staffing
4.2 – Professionalism
5.1 – Relationship between educators and children
6.1 – Supportive relationships with families
6.2 – Collaborative partnerships
7.1 – Governance
7.2 – Leadership
The 2021 sessions are as follows:
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm via live webinar
Thursday, 15 July 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm via live webinar
Friday, 17 September 2021, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) and via live webinar
Your Presenter:
Dr Brenda Abbey is a well-known early childhood education and care professional, and an Approved Provider with four services rated Meeting and Exceeding. In over 35 years of experience in the sector, she has operated as a Regulatory Authority Officer and consulted in the development of more than 70 centres. Her assistance is widely sought in all matters to do with compliance, and in optimising and improving the operations and business performance of childcare services. Brenda’s qualifications include Doctor of Philosophy (Education), Master of Education (Educational Administration), Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood), and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She is also a highly experienced teacher, centre director, author and presenter.
Other Benefits:
Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
Video recording sent post-session with access to expire 3 months after
Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
For 2021, the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has updated and expanded its Quickies series of short but to the point presentations that help existing and new providers.
The ACA NSW Quickies are only 2 hours or less and held throughout the year in face-to-face, live webinar and video-on-demand formats. They are for Approved Providers, Owners, Directors and Nominated Supervisors with industry-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.
The topics to be covered in the ACA NSW Quickies – Ensuring Financial Sustainability & Success are:
What to look for in your service’s financial statements?
What are the Top 10 financial mistakes services do?
How to measure your performance against your competitors?
What are financial and non-financial improvements that work and don’t work?
What are the emerging threats that you need to address/avoid?
Ensuring that your early childhood education and care service is always at its optimal performance is not only vital to your children and parents, it is actually essential in order for your service to remain viable for the long term.
This ACA NSW Quickies session is designed for new and existing approved providers who want to produce amazing early childhood education and care services, stay ahead of the competition, and achieve/maintain financial success.
Alignment with National Quality Standards:
3.1 – Design
4.1 – Staffing Arrangements
7.1 – Governance
The 2021 sessions are as follows:
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) & via live webinar (Register Here)
Friday, 21 May 2021, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) & via live webinar (Register Here)
Thursday, 2 September 2021, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm in Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) & via live webinar (Register Here)
Ticket Prices (not including EventBrite fees):
ACA NSW Members: $100 inc GST per person
Non-Members: $170 inc GST per person (or $150 inc GST per person for early birds up to 8 weeks prior)
Your Presenters:
Lisa McGhee is an Approved Provider with a service rated Exceeding. She holds a Bachelor of Business Management and is a consultant to the early childhood education and care sector, with particular expertise in business performance, governance, investment and commercial brokering in the private, off-market sales of leaseholds and freeholds.
Other Benefits:
Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
Video recording sent post-session with access to expire 3 months after
Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
