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Welcome to Platinum Education Group: Your Partner in Everything Early Childhood
Hi there, amazing human! I'm Leeza Browne; early childhood teacher, provider, mentor, podcast host, and founder of Platinum Education Group. If you are navigating the world of childcare whether you're dreaming of openin...
Engaging with families is so important when it comes to operating a high-quality education and care service. Aside from the fact that without our families we wouldn’t even have a service, engagement with families is essential to ensure you’re addressing the needs of your community, providing familie...
Early Learning Services in NSW are receiving only 5 days notice for their Assessment and Rating visits; significantly less than the previous 3 months. It’s a big change! And one which centre leaders might be nervous – or even unhappy – about. Everyone would always like more time, but I think that wh...
Critical reflection is a term which everyone in early childhood would (or should) have heard many times. In our eagerness to do right by our children, reflect the Early Years Learning Framework and comply with the National Quality Standards, we often throw the term “critical reflection” around witho...
"As early childhood professionals, we have a unique opportunity to teach children about sustainability and help shape a better future for our planet and society.
Here are three types of sustainability we can encourage with children within our service:
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Environmental Sustainability: Environment
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As an early childhood owner or leader, you have a lot on your plate. From managing your team to overseeing operations, it can be difficult to find time to focus on important tasks. But fear not, because we've got some tips to help you get sh*t done and be more productive.
Close the Door: It's okay ...
As early childhood professionals, we understand the importance of giving our little ones the ultimate head start in life. That's why we're excited to dive into the topic of nurturing a growth mindset in children aged 0-5 years.
A growth mindset is the idea that abilities can be developed and improv...
Education and Care Services are assessed and rated by their state and regulatory authority. Each service is assessed against the 7 quality areas of the National Quality Standards. Services are then given a rating for each of the 7 quality areas and an overall rating based on these results. Once fina...
What did you think I meant?
This has come up for me so much over the last couple of months.
In fact. Just recently I was watching the show younger and it even came up on there, that one of the characters, who was quite a bad ass has developed a sense of vulnerability after a big failure. But what ...
Did you know that Quality Area 1 - programming and planning has the highest number of centre's who are rated as working towards?
In our monthly Educational leader meetings we discussed the planning cycles of each of our centres, and what is apparent is that each service programs and plans in a way ...
1. Be prepared – Start now!
2. Double Check Everything – including that full names of educators, children and families are recorded where appropriate on all forms.
3. Ensure all your administration documentation is up to date.
4. Audit your educators’ practice of routine tasks throughout the day ...
Do all good things come to an end?
The simple answer is - alas - yes.
The good news is that bad things will end too, which is well worth remembering when going through difficult patches.
We've all be there. At some point in our lives, something good has ended; A relationship, a job, an experience...
