Sue will cover in this session: 

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  A review of the important sections of the ECE Funding Handbook
  

  • Funding eligibility
  • 20 Hours ECE – attestations and optional charges
  • Absence rules
  • Staff record
  • Pay Parity assessments and attestation including understanding qualification rules and regulations
  • Moratorium rules - including an update on the Funding Review
  • Record keeping requirements – including an updated Retention of Records chart
  • Preparing for a Funding Audit – common errors

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  Todd will share his tried and true tips, that ensure compliance and satisfy the

  auditors including:

  • good procedures
  • compliant record-keeping
  • internal monitoring processes that give peace of mind
    

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  Many ECE centres feel busy every day but still feel financial pressure. In this practical and relatable session, Mark Salmon from Rubiix shares real examples, benchmark insights and simple financial concepts that help explain why.
  Including:

  • the hidden cost of empty spaces
  • why roster efficiency matters more than many centres realise 
  • the financial mistakes that slowly create pressure over time
  • and the small improvements that can significantly improve sustainability.

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  The Administrator’s role in helping build and maintain centre Occupancy
  Learn:

  • What to track and how
  • Useful feedback to provide to your manager and team
  • How to increase the likelihood of converting enquiries into visitors and enrolments
  • How to efficiently manage the wait-list
  • How to create useful, objective surveys to measure how satisfied your current families and staff, and exiting families and staff are with your service

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  Employment Leave Bill (replacing the Holidays Act)
  

  • An overview of the significant changes to staff leave entitlements and how leave will be calculated under the new legislation
  • Understand where wage costs might increase 

  
  
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  Education Review Office – impending changes
  

  • Understand ERO’s new licensing and certification and enforcement responsibilities 
  • Learn how ERO will fulfil its new responsibilities alongside its current role of monitoring and evaluating ECE Services