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Resume tips for OSHC Educators Published on June 6, 2023 Barbi Clendining Co-Founder Firefly HR OSHC Specific Recruitment | Director Pennant Hills BASC | Justice of the Peace | Empowering Others 13 articles Following When applying for a job, it can…

It’s the start of a weekend, we are meant to wake up happy and excited for three days off work and spending time doing things just for yourself – spending it with friends, family and basically on whatever we want…

When applying for a job, it can take an employer as quick as 10 seconds to decide yes or no purely based off how a resume looks. A new job can change your world, so it is important to put…

What is the CRIS document? Many of you would be aware that in 2019 a review of the NQF took place. In Jan of this year the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (CRIS) was released. The purpose of this document is…

In the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement following the 2019 NQF Review, one area of concern found was the transition periods between services. For OSHC, this included the transition between school & OSHC both of a morning but more substantially of…

Series Two: Policy & Compliance || Part Two: Communicating Policy Updates Changes to policies and procedures in the workplace are inevitable. Changes may include; legislative or regulatory changes in the sector. new systems being implemented in the workplace. review of…

Series Two: Policy & Compliance || Part One: Updating Policies Policies and procedures act as a course of action or how an event is to be managed by an organisation. As per the regulations, there are mandatory policies a…

Risk assessment, risk management & risk benefit… what do they all mean and what are my responsibilities? Part of our role as educators is to ensure the health safety and wellbeing of the children in our service and simultaneously implement…

Series Two: Policy & Compliance || Part Two: Communicating Policy Updates Changes to policies and procedures in the workplace are inevitable. Changes may include; legislative or regulatory changes in the sector. new systems being implemented in the workplace. review of…

In part 2 we will be focusing on the day-to-day of outside school hours care, what to expect, important areas to become knowledgeable in and where you can go for more information. We hope this 2-part blog series gives you…

This week as part of our series on Philosophy we look at how we can incorporate children’s rights into our service philosophy and daily practice. The Convention recognises the special time of childhood and how we must allow children the…

As we continue our reflective journey into the Service statement of Philosophy, we want to touch base on how important Critical Reflection is and how you can support this with your team. This week’s tip: Set aside time for reflective…

It is important when we critically reflect that we consider the topic from multiple perspectives by collating current industry practices & theoretic knowledge which can then be used to make purposeful changes to our practice.

To start our reflective journey, we will focus on the Service philosophy. For the next 4 weeks we will focus our reflective energy on Philosophy development, revision, inclusion & context. In preparation we suggest if you aren’t already, making yourself…

Just a normal Sunday morning and I couldn’t help but stop at a LinkedIn post I saw from a OSHC Director in Queensland, Susan Cooper. Susan’s post was on the new space for the OSHC service she is at and…

An introduction into the world of middle childhood education & care (PART 1) Welcome to the OSHC family! You are in for a wonderful journey as you navigate the world of before, after and vacation care with school aged children….

Do you know the difference between a Nominated Supervisor & Responsible Person? To ensure the health, safety & wellbeing, learning & development of all children is maintained, Services must ensure they have a strong chain of leadership & accountability between…

This blog is an introduction to the new ACECQA addendum for Outside School Hours Care – Educational Leadership in Action and with all new things, a quick guide on where to start. This month, ACECQA released an addendum specifically…

OSHC = Professional Career… or is it? The answer to the above. This may all be pending on you. On your mindset. On your thoughts. There is an underlying conversation in OSHC talking of the struggle to be recognised as…

Why are we so unsure? Published on February 6, 2020 Status is online Barbara Clendining Co-Founder Firefly HR OSHC Specific Recruitment | Director Pennant Hills BASC | Justice of the Peace | Empowering Others 12 articles Following When it comes to Assessment…

Sometimes you have those moments that make you go wow! Recently, I had one of these moments when I found We Belong Education led by Saurubh Malviya. I wasn’t looking, but one day earlier this year in June I came…

Bringing Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Educators, together. I’m proud to be an OSHC Educator and professional. I wanted to provide an opportunity for OSHC Educators to come together to meet in a relaxed environment and share our thoughts,…

Burnout in Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) It’s the start of a long weekend, we are meant to wake up happy and excited for three days off work and spending time doing things just for yourself – spending it…

What Risk? What do you see in this picture at first? Imagine it’s you with 50 children – what are your thoughts? I take a deeper look into risk in Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) in this article. With…

Okay, so the late, great Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of 8. Now, clearly, prodigies like Mozart are few and far between, to say the least. Whether your child is destined to be the next Mozart or…

Firstly, I love OSHC! There’s no denying that. I love promoting the industry and I love sharing when I find something good with others in the industry. Luckily with Firefly HR, I can help make that happen. Earlier this year…

Co-Founder Firefly HR OSHC SpecificRecruitment | Director Pennant Hills… See more 6 articles Following We all tend to use social media for our personal lives, but what about for our OSHC centres? Why don’t we stretch our reach to families and the…

One of my strengths, reflecting, is also a weakness. I find I over think and over reflect to the point of all i’m doing is reflecting. But one area I’ve been reflecting deeply on over the last 10 weeks is…

It is not unknown that there is a gender imbalance in the OSHC industry, that the ratio of male to female educators is very much skewed towards female. But why? I wanted to write a piece on promoting males in the OSHC…

On Monday last week (June 27) I participated in the Early Childhood Education 2019 Roadshow presented by the The Early Childhood Education Directorate (ECED). I’ll be honest – I was hesitant to book in for the event at first as…

There is always a concern when children do not respond well to mistakes and failures they endure. How they face failure and how they define failure is more significant than the difficult decision of determining if children should or should…