ACA NSW Wheels on the Bus Tour
The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW invites its Members and Non-Members to its Wheels on the Bus Tours.
We will be venturing to centres that have been rated Exceeding and/or Excellent under the National Quality Standard.
Itinerary
- Arrival of attendees, sponsor representatives and ACA NSW representatives.
- Tour Kindikids Ryde
- Early Lunch
- Tour Farran Street Quality Childcare
- Tour Hillsong Child Care Centre
- Board bus and return to ACA NSW office in Parramatta
Each bus tour will:
- leave the ACA NSW office in Parramatta by 9.30 am sharp
- visit 3 centres with a 20 minute travel time in between centres
- return to the ACA NSW office by 3.30 pm
You will learn about:
- the commercial realities of childcare services as a business (eg labour shortages, regulatory costs, assessment & ratings, childcare oversupply/undersupply, industrial relations, parental demands, educational trends)
- the architectural and design merits and rationale (including the local council and NSW Department of Education’s DA and Enhanced Approval Process respectively as well as the NSW SEPP)
- the support structures available across the sector
- the federal and state governments’ direction(s) for early childhood education and care (ECEC)
- the global trends of ECEC and how they could affect Australian and in particularly NSW/Sydney