1. New Zealand
New Zealand Football, Rug
Flag and Map bee, Sky tower, Beehive building
2. Description
• Teacher-Led – 50% must • Parent-Led – parents and
be registered ECE Teachers family or caregivers
– Kindergarten – Formal educate and care for
children
– Education and Care –
Formal – Play centers – Informal
– Home-Based Education
Care – Formal/Informal – Playgroups – Informal
• Kohanga Reo – Informal
3. Philosophy
• Believe that children are • Follow Reggio Emilia
creation of God principals
• Should be treated with • Te Whāriki-
respect and dignity the New Zealand Early
• Respectable New Zealand Childhood Curriculum
society • Age appropriate
• Holistic development for environment
each and every child • Qualified and trained
• Partnership with parents teachers
and whanau • Environment as the third
teacher
4. Availability/Accessibility
Child Care Centre Sources of Fund: Parents and
Government’s Contribution
Kohanga reo
Childcare Subsidy 1990
(Maori Language Immersed) • Eligibility: Both the parents
Home Based Child Care have to work or study
Age group is 0 to 5 Years Income: Weekly income less than
These services are regulated by NZ$ 1200= 3.84ph
Ministry of Education Equity Funding 1999
20 hours free child care • Eligibility: Inhabitants of Rural
and urban area, Special Needs
• 20 hours free Child care
introduced in 2005 Income: Low income group and
soul Parents
Parents have to work full time
5. Roles and Training
• Ratio (New Zealand)
• Full-time children under 2 years
– 1:5
• * Full-time children ages 2 to 5
years -1:6 , 2:7-20, 3:21-30
• * Part-time children 2 to 5 years-
1:8 and 2:9-30
• Ratio (Canada)
• 0 to 18 months – 1:3
• 18 months to 2 ½ years – 1:5
• 2 ½ to 5 years – 1:8
• 6 to 12 years – 1:12-15
• o become an Early Childhood
Educator.
