ACA NSW invites its Members and Non-Members to the ACA NSW September Bus Tour.
We will be venturing to centres that have been rated Exceeding and Excellent against the National Quality Standard.
Itinerary
Arrival of attendees, sponsor representatives and ACA NSW representatives.
Tour Service 1
Discussion and Q&A about the commercial and regulatory aspects of the childcare sector (up to 30 minutes)
Board bus to visit next childcare centre
Tour Service 2
Board bus to visit next childcare centre
Tour Service 3
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
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