Early Childhood Ireland proposals are included in key Oireachtas report Early Childhood Ireland is pleased to see that our main recommendations and policy proposals for the Early Years and School Age Care sector (EY and SAC) have been included in the final report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s
Oireachtas Update Early Childhood Ireland monitors the relevant work of the Oireachtas each week. Part of this work is to review Oireachtas debates and Parliamentary Questions (PQs) that are relevant to the Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) sector. Recently, these have included: Early Childhood Ireland Policy Proposal: Single Agency for Early Years
Yesterday, we released the Early Childhood Ireland Barometer 2024. Now in its seventh year, the annual Barometer – based on a national opinion poll conducted by RED C – revealed broad public support for access to Early Years and School Age Care for all children. It also highlighted that over half of adults are in
Earlier this month, Early Childhood Ireland released our newest series of Explainers, focussing on Quality for Children. This series covers topics such as Aistear, Síolta, the Universal Design Guidelines, and the Reggio Emilia Approach. This week’s Policy in Focus will go through and summarise the Explainers in this series. Universal Design Guidelines The Universal Design
Early Childhood Ireland is introducing our new monthly feature Making the News, designed to provide updates about media coverage of Early Years and School Age Care issues. Our coverage in January reached a potential 1.8 million people with 40 pieces of coverage across national and local media. A 5-year plan for Early Years and School
Last week, Early Childhood Ireland launched our Policy Proposal, A Single Agency for the Early Years and School Age Care sector. Since 2019 Early Childhood Ireland has been advocating for a Single Agency for the Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) sector. We were successful in having this added to the Programme for
Last week, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) published the End of Year Three Evaluation Report of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM). The independent evaluation, undertaken by the University of Derby, involved almost 2,000 stakeholders – parents, educators, providers and representative groups. The Report The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)
The OECD has recently released Education at a Glance 2023, the latest edition in its informative series on the state of education around the world. The series addresses a range of issues, providing key data for analysis by governments, academics and organisations seeking policy change for children and young people. It covers all levels of
From 30 August until 2 September, a group from Early Childhood Ireland attended the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) conference in Estoril, Portugal. The 31st iteration of the conference, it focussed on ‘Children’s Curiosity, Agency and Participation’ and the challenges for professional action and development. EECERA takes place annually and this year the
‘Don’t miss this milestone for our children’ – Early Childhood Ireland asks Government to announce an ambitious five-year plan to transform Early Years and School Age Care.
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