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Our Learning Stories winner for September is A Budding Designer and comes from Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare.

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This week ECI's Policy Officer Amy McArdle, writes about her experience of shadowing a manager of a childcare service and seeing first hand the administrative demands that providers face everyday.

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In this week's Support Point we have the 3rd week of our HR Webinar Series, we look at exclusion periods and we ask what is a child safeguarding statement?

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We had 2 winners for our September Inspired Practice Award - Mini First Responders from Manor Kilbride Montessori in Wicklow and Penguins Gardening Adventure from ABC Childcare in Cork. 

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Early Childhood Ireland, in collaboration with TUSLA Early Years Inspectorate are pleased to announce the second roll-out of a support/training workshop for Early Years Providers.
About Us

Early Childhood Ireland is a membership organisation which represents 3,800 early years settings, who support over 100,000 children & their families through preschool, afterschool & full daycare provision nationwide. Our work includes quality enhancement, publications, advocacy, training, business support & information for a sector that employs 25,000 people today.

Shop

Come have a look!

Visit the Early Childhood Ireland Shop to view the full range of books, publications and resources that we have to offer.  If you are a member you can avail of significant discounts on these products.

Membership

Supporting Members

We are a membership organisation who provide a broad range of training, mentoring, information and advocacy services to better shape the systems, policies and practices that impact on the lives of young children.

Síolta

Online Informal Síolta

We have developed an Informal Síolta programme which is being delivered online, with the aim of introducing the principles, standards and processes of Síolta so that educators are ready to engage with the Formal Siolta QAP.

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