Adelie Early Education Consulting

🎆HAPPY NEW YEAR🎆 As we welcome in 2025, we would like to take a moment to extend a heartfelt thanks to you all for the support and collaboration as we launched Adelie Early Education Consulting with a bang. May this New Year be, for you, the year that glows with happiness, sparkles with opportunities, and shines with success. Wishing you all a truly special 2025.

“Monday dread is a leadership problem. Here are three ways to fix it: 1. LISTEN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES: Understand their frustrations and barriers to success. 2. BUILD A SENSE OF PURPOSE: Connect daily tasks to a meaningful mission. 3. CREATE A CULTURE OF FLEXIBILITY: Support work-life balance to reduce burnout. Culture isn't just perks or slogans. It's how your team feels at 6pm on Sunday. Fix that, and Mondays take care of themselves. Leadership starts where dread ends.” Written by Adam Danyal.

We are honoured to partner with the passionate team at Bask Early Learning to guide the continued growth of this beautiful brand with with purpose and intent, encouraging Bravery, Acountabilty, Sparks of curiosity and above all else, Kindness.🫶🏼 Thank you Jon Moody and Bec Jaenke for entrusting Adelie Early Education Consulting with this exciting project. Stay tuned for updates on this amazing brand and watch them thrive! 🌻

🐧 WHY PENGUINS? 🐧 The name Adelie (pronounced “ah” + “dee” + “lee”) embodies our commitment to supporting educators to guide and nurture children by equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need as they begin their educational journey. Penguin colonies are renowned for their strong family bonds, lasting social connections, and dedication to the care and protection of their young. Specifically, the Adelie penguin colony collaborates to provide thorough care for their delicate chicks, safeguarding them from predators and harsh environmental conditions. Adelie highlights the importance of community, encouraging close relationships with parents and children. It’s a name that speaks to our educators guiding the children’s development and ensuring care, safety and compassion is paramount.

The Federal Government has released the latest edition of the popular ‘Staying Healthy’ resource, previously known as Staying Healthy in Childcare and now known as Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services (Staying Healthy). The sixth edition of the popular resource aims to provide simple ways for early childhood educators, teachers and other care workers to help limit the spread of infectious diseases. It uses the most up to date evidence to assist staff, children, visitors and families to practise good hygiene and health and safety practices. 
In the latest edition specific real-life scenarios have also been added and updated to align with new advice and to help implement the guidance. Fact sheets on symptoms and diseases have also been included in line with the new guideline following community comments and enquiries received by NHMRC. 
ECEC services are encouraged to review their policies and practices in light of any new or revised information present in the latest guide. https://hubs.ly/Q02L2ydV0

Guidlines on the new ECEC Worker Retention Payment Grant for childcare providers are now live! Whether you're running a child care centre, buying, or selling one, deciding whether to ‘opt-in’ to this scheme will affect your financial planning, staff retention, and even transaction value. It is now a significant consideration for those transacting in the childcare sector and understanding its implications is crucial for long-term success. Check out the article below for more details on how this grant could shape the future of your next transaction

Unfortunately, most schools as we know them today are still using century-old methods developed for producing a uniform, industrialist workforce. Students are regularly assessed and compared with national or international standards, from early childhood right up through high school and beyond. Standardised tests determine which classes you can take and which universities you can attend. In many ways, they very much determine your future. However, anyone who cares for young people can easily see that there is no such thing as a standardised child. This is a problem. We can’t profess to value diversity while simultaneously obsessing over standardisation.

Play is an activity where children show their remarkable ability for exploration, imagination and decision making, and it is intensely enjoyable for them. The type of play children engage in and its purposes change over the course of childhood from infancy to adolescence. Learning through play is one of the most important ways children learn and develop. For more information on how play supports a child’s development, head over to www.startingblocks.gov.au

Rita Pierson entered the teaching profession in 1972 and left a legacy and impact in education that continues to spread far beyond school walls despite her passing in 2013. As a native of Houston, Texas, Rita Pearson was an ambassador for school/community involvement and was a positive force for children and teachers. She called on teachers to build relationships with their students no matter how challenging it would be. Pierson was known for sharing her example of gestures to bolster student self-esteem in the most specific ways (i.e. how she marked and graded a test). She was an anti-poverty advocate and understood the importance of making a difference in her students’ lives as an educator no matter what the cost. She believed in the power and influence of people and spent her life dedicated to the cause. However, Rita is most known for her TED Talk “Every child needs a Champion” where she emphasizes that every child deserves a teacher who will go above and beyond to meet their needs. Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.