Members of the Executive come from different organisation representing community based, private centres, family day care,
outside school hours care services, training organisations, consultants and universities.
Previously unregulated and flexible in their approach, out of
school hours care programs have come a long way in the past 30 years.
After school hours care is heavily regulated by law and staff ratios and qualifications are just part of a raft of issues that must be addressed.
The department oversees the provision of local family day care, preschool education, children's centres and out
of school hour care programs.
The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a high national benchmark for early childhood education and care and outside
school hours care services in Australia.
Outlined below are the five smart ways to ask the best questions to help you get the best outside
school hours care for your school community.
The Outstanding Education and Care Service in Outside
School Hours Care Award recognises a service that has developed and implemented outstanding and innovative approaches in quality practice in an Education and Care setting in the Northern Territory.
Extend After School Care, of which Mr Stevenson is Managing Director, has delivered outside
school hours care for 15 years, and is the first provider to embrace the platform.
Mr Stevenson said the largest investment and cost for quality
after school hours care is in ensuring the quality of its educators.
Many children must also adjust to different after school arrangements, many leaving their primary school related
outside school hours care service to take on the added responsibility of travelling home alone, or being alone at home for the first time.
The National Quality Framework applies to most long day care, family day care, preschool / kindergarten and out
of school hours care services.
Every school knows that a key to the success of an Outside of
School Hours Care (OSHC) program is the staff running the program.
Outside
School Hours Care (OSHC) has grown substantially over the last decade.
Part of the issue is that while new laws, regulations and administrative requirements are forcing long overdue change on the sector, very little has had to change in the way OOSH or OSHC (Outside
School Hours Care) services are actually delivered, according to Ms Prout.
Extend is committed to enriching the lives of children in our outside
school hours care services by structuring a safe, secure and respectful environment.
Schools that run their own outside
school hours care can tailor the design and pricing of their programs, and generate reports on operation, hours, fees, staff number or other administrative matters.
«Just as a great school is reliant on its teachers and principal, so too in outside
school hours care, we rely on committed and engaged educators.»
Discerning parents and principals understand that value for money in outside
school hours care is very different from price, says Darren Stevenson, Managing Director of Extend After School Care.
Whilst the name Sherpa Kids may not be as synonymous within the Outside of
School Hours Care (OSHC) industry in Australia as some of the bigger providers, it is their intent to change this over the coming years.
The Authority is authorised under the Education and Care Services National Law (the Law) to receive complaints about education and care services operating in the ACT (including long day care, outside
school hours care, government and non-government preschools).
Beginning in January 2012, the NQF applies to most long day care, family day care, preschool (or kindergarten) and outside
school hours care services.
Outside
School Hours Care (OSHC) Resource.
staff and directors in childcare centres, long day care, family day care and out of school hours care
Education and care services in the ACT (including long day care, family day care, outside
school hours care, playschools, occasional care, public and independent preschools).
A payment to help with the cost of day care, outside
school hours care, vacation care, pre-school and kindergarten.
is for long day care, preschool, outside
school hours care and family day care services across Australia
The National Quality Framework (NQF) is a quality standard to improve education and care across long day care, family day care, preschool / kindergarten, and outside
school hours care.
After - school care, also known as outside
school hours care is for school aged children or children of any age in special or emergency situations.
A 20 per cent increase in base funding to Budget Based Funded (BBF) child care services, including Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services (MACS), Mobile Child Care services, JET Creches, Indigenous Playgroups and some Outside
School Hours Care (OSHC) services (to a total of $ 45.5 million).