20.12.2012 г.

NEW ZEALAND standards

Centre based ECE services

Home based ECE services


http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0204/latest/DLM1412501.html

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

all-day licence means a licence to operate a service that allows a child attending the service to attend for more than 4 hours (in total) on each day the service operates

sessional licence means a licence to operate a service that limits the hours during which every child attending the service can attend to no more than 4 hours (in total) on each day the service operates


home-based education and care service means the provision of education or care, for gain or reward, to fewer than 5 children under the age of 6 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0080/latest/DLM187091.html



playgroup means a group that meets on a regular basis to facilitate children's play and in respect of which—
  • (a)no child attends for more than 4 hours on any day; and
  • (b)more than half the children attending on any occasion have a parent or caregiver present in the same play area at the same time; and
  • (c)the total number of children attending on any occasion is not greater than 4 times the number of parents and caregivers present in the same play area at the same time


откъс от http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0204/latest/DLM3902730.html
Аdult-to-child ratios (minimum)
Early childhood education and care centres 

All-Day Care


Under 2 years old

children       staff members 
1-5                       1 
6-10                    2
11-15                  3
16-20                  4
21-25                  5

2 years old and over

children       staff members 
1-6                       1 
7-20                    2
21-30                  3
31-40                  4


Home-based education and care service



Under 2 years old
children       staff members 
1-2                       1 

2 years old and over
children       staff members 
1-4                       1 

Mixed
children       staff members 
1-4                       1


Who counts as adult or child when applying ratios
1For every service, a person must be 17 years or older and involved in duties other than food preparation and serving, administrative duties, and maintenance to count as an adult.
2However, in every service (except a home-based education and care service), a person does not count as an adult while at lunch, or while having a break, or during non-contact times.
3For every service (except a home-based education and care service), a person present aged under 6 years counts as a child.
4For a home-based education and care service, a person present aged under 6 years counts as a child unless the person is enrolled at school and is the child of an educator providing education and care at the home.
5
In the case of a centre or hospital-based education and care service, every child present (including the child of the service provider or person responsible or supervisor or staff member) of any age also counts as a child.


http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0204/latest/DLM1412645.html
Activity Spaces Minimum

ServiceActivity space required
Early childhood education and care centreIndoor—2.5 sq m per child
Outdoor—5 sq m per child or a minimum number of sq m per child determined under regulation 54(3)
Home-based education and care serviceIndoor—10 sq m in one area
Outdoor—must have some outdoor space



What is indoor activity space
Indoor space for all services is calculated by excluding the space occupied by all fittings, fixed equipment, and stored goods and excludes passage ways, toilet facilities, staff rooms, specific sleeping areas for children under 2 years of age, and other areas not available for play.

За задължителността
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0080/latest/whole.html#DLM177440
Except as provided in this Act, every person who is not an international student is required to be enrolled at a registered school at all times during the period beginning on the person's sixth birthday and ending on the person's 16th birthday.


Before a child's seventh birthday, the child is not required to be enrolled at any school more than 3 kilometres walking distance from the child's residence.