Tiny Nation has shared its submission to the Government’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) Funding Review, emphasising that home‑based ECE is uniquely positioned to solve the core problems identified by the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) – but only if funding settings finally reflect the realities of the home‑based model. Director Erin Maloney says the review is
Tiny Nation, a leading home-based early childhood education (ECE) provider, celebrates the Government’s recent announcement to expand FamilyBoost payments—an initiative that will make childcare more affordable for thousands of additional families across Aotearoa. From 1 October, eligible families will be able to claim up to 40% of their ECE fees, with the income threshold lifted
A national home-based early childhood education (ECE) provider group welcomes today’s ECE regulatory review report, the first major report from the Ministry for Regulation. The report makes 15 recommendations to modernise and simplify regulations across ECE so services can get on with what they do best – providing safe, high-quality care and education. Home-based early
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A national home-based early childhood education (ECE) provider group welcomes today’s announcement that the provision of home-based ECE will be made easier by the cutting of red tape in the sector so that more families can access home-based ECE for their children. Associate Education Minister David Seymour has shared changes to the qualification requirements for
There is a cost to 20 Hours ECE, so branding it as ‘FREE’ to parents is not only misleading, but also unfair to providers and educators who are struggling to understand how they can close the gap between what is funded and the cost of delivery.
Our Tiny Nation educator tribe is in demand! We currently have over 120 families on our waiting list searching for the perfect educator or nanny. Could it be you?
Why home-based? That’s easy, for our educators and our tamariki it’s familiar, it’s nurturing, it’s family and love. It’s the place where we can genuinely feel like we can be comfortable to be the truest and most authentic version of ourselves.
Do you remember why you became a teacher in the first place? Sometimes the noise and chaos of the sector, it can be really easy to forget. So why not take a step back and rediscover why you started, by becoming a home-based educator.
2023 is the time to take control of your life and your career and become a home-based educator. Be your own boss, set your own income rate and be in charge of your own working conditions, plus successfully manage work around your family life.
Tiny Nation advocates for increased service funding, to allow for higher-quality outcomes for children and better working conditions for teachers. We want to see the wider early learning sector funded in a way that will enable services to meet an increase in family demand and support the best possible learning outcomes for our tamariki.
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