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Early Childhood |
| Education and Care News |
| July 2, 2019 |
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Kia ora, this week how to help children develop strong foundations for life by boosting their resilience, also the important art of staff retention.
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Resilience lessons for early childhood
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Resilience is the ability to cope with life's ups and downs and is important for mental health and wellbeing of children. It's developed through social and emotional interaction and strengthened with practice.
Early childhood educators are in a strong position to create empowering environments for children to foster their independence and sense of responsibility through play-based learning experiences. Learning basic skills and good habits early on can help small children deal with challenges in life. This week we have some simple tips for building resilience among the children in your service.
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The important art
of staff retention
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Earlier this year, Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand released figures suggesting NZ is short of around 300 qualified early childhood teachers each year, based solely on people leaving the profession. 2017 Ministry of Education numbers show there are approximately 30,000 early childhood teachers in New Zealand, approximately 20,500 of whom are registered.
Te Rito Maioha estimates the early childhood sector suffers from an annual attrition rate of around 4 per cent, which using Department of Education numbers, equates to around 1200 early childhood teachers leaving the profession each year, approximately 800 of them are qualified.
Staff attrition is a significant and ongoing problem for many centre managers and makes day-to-day operation challenging, so this week we look at tried and tested retention strategies that may work in your service.
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