Election 2023 - Early Childhood Education Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Chlöe Swarbrick
Link to
policy here
.
Chlöe Swarbrick
- Support the target of 100% qualified staff in teacher-led Early Childhood Education centres, and provide the funding to support this.
- Improve child-to-teacher ratios in Early Childhood Education, with a priority for under 3's.
- Create models to share best practices and professional development between centres.
- Set maximum overall child numbers so that no centre can expand beyond.
- Establish support for networks of not-for-profit Early Childhood Education Centres to increase cooperation between nearby centres.
- Support a diversity of models for immersion learning in Te Reo Maori and Paicifc language.
- Ensure funding for 20 hours of Early Childhood Education.
- See more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
.
- Review the adult to infant (under 2s) staffing ratio in ECE centres as an urgent health and safety matter.
- Work with the sector to amend relevant criteria to ensure an increased ability of isolated rural communities to participate in early childhood education such as Playcentre and Mobile Kindergartens.
- Support the HIPPY organisation in their provision of early childhood education opportunities for 4 and 5 year olds and their families.
- Establish a fund for research into best practice and innovation in New Zealand early childhood education.
- Work to bring more ECE Centres into the Learning Support Delivery Model so as to better support those children needing early learning support.
- Build on the pilots to shift from a “refer out and wait” early intervention system for young children who need learning support to a “send in the experts and deliver” model of early intervention.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.