The conference brings together people working in child care and early childhood education - staff and volunteers, organisations, researchers and employers.

FEATURES OF THE 2009 CONFERENCE:

The Global Café: Opportunities for child care and education professionals to share stories and ideas, to reflect and problem solve together, to network.

The Showcases: Opportunities to hear and learn about quality models of high quality early childhood care and education services operating in Australian and International settings.

Proposals are to address the conference theme or one or more of the strands. The theme for the 2009 conference is Quality and Collaboration

Quality outcomes for children are directly related to the quality of the childcare and education which they receive and the degree to which those responsible for children’s development and learning - the services, families and communities – work in partnership. Collaboration is a fundamental requirement of ongoing quality.

For children to be given the best opportunities for growth and development, quality needs to reside in all situations in which their development takes place; the various organisations – the family and community, child care and education.

The integrated delivery of childhood services is fundamental to achieving quality in all sectors.

The theme strands encompass:

• Leadership in Children’s Services, Care and Education
• Models of Integrated Services
• Quality Framework and Curriculum
• Communities, Families and Children
• Environments for Care, Development and Learning 

Timelines:.

• Papers will be reviewed by the conference committee and accepted papers will be confirmed by email by
  Monday 12th January 2009.
• Full Papers and / or participant handouts are to be submitted by Thursday 29th January 2009.
• All presenters must be a registered delegate to present at the conference..

Inquiries regarding the proposals, papers and posters/ abstracts can be made with Margaret Owens: 08 9368 9368 or Janet Fellowes 08 9370 6520

For more information regarding the conference, contact Andrew Bird at Meeting Masters on 08 9380 9804 or via enquiry@meetingmasters.com.au.