The committee is made up of representatives from early childhood education (ECE) sector organisations. It broadly represents licensed ECE services and kōhanga reo.
Membership of the committee
The Ministry of Education invites ECE organisations to become members of the committee. The organisations then nominate a representative.
The organisations represented on the committee are:
- Barnardos New Zealand
- Christian Early Childhood Education Association of Aotearoa
- Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Early Childhood Council
- Early Childhood Leadership
- Home Early Learning Organisation
- Hospital Play Specialists Association
- Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand
- NZEI Te Riu Roa
- New Zealand Home-based Early Childhood Education Association
- New Zealand Kindergartens Inc.
- Playcentre Federation of New Zealand
- Pasifika Advisory Group
- Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
- Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu - The Correspondence School
- Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand
- The Federation of Rudolf Steiner Waldorf Schools in New Zealand.
Meetings
ECAC meets 4 times a year at the Ministry of Education offices in Wellington. As well as the committee, the meetings are attended by Ministry of Education staff and observers from other education agencies.
The meetings allow ECE organisations to:
- share information
- give feedback on proposals by the Government, the Ministry and other government agencies
- talk about difficulties and opportunities facing the ECE sector
- identify and discuss strategic challenges and opportunities.
Information from ECAC meetings
Read the minutes and any presentations from ECAC meetings.
- ECAC minutes and presentations - March 2016
- ECAC minutes and presentations - December 2015
- ECAC minutes and presentations - September 2015
ECAC minutes and presentations - June 2015
ECAC agenda – June 2016
ECAC met on 15 June 2016. Agenda items included:
- Budget debrief.
- Funding review.
- Special education update.
- Communities of Learning.
- Quality in early childhood education.
- ERO’s strategic direction for early learning.
Minutes and presentations from the June 2016 meeting will be available here soon.