Friday concurrent sessions

Morning sessions

• It's life Jim, but not as we know it - Faith Martin and Amy Dreaneen, Massey Childcare Centre
• Trapped in silence: stop abusing our youngest citizens - Professor Eric Hollis, Sexual Abuse Centre Rotorua - presentation unavailable
• Positive employment relations - Christina Edmonds and Charmaine Thomson, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
• Who are the teachers? Who are the learners? Challenging the spaces in-between - Judith Duncan, University of Canterbury, Sarah Te One, Victoria University
• Tickle me! Catch me if you can! - Adam Buckingham, ECMENZ
• Fostering scientific literacy in early childhood education - Karen Miller, NZ Tertiary College
• The parent portal - Iain Graham, Infocare Systems Ltd - presentation unavailable
• Peer support: providing an optimal ECE environment for ESL learners - Dr Anne Schofield, NZ Career College
• Exploring our identities as teachers - Bridgit Williams, University of Auckland
• Expressing our identities through practice - Barbara Watson, University of Auckland
• Teachers unpack 'collaborative documentation' through ICT - Hanna Faletaupule and Jennifer Boyd, Tots Corner Early Learning Centre - presentation unavailable

Afternooon sessions

• Kōrero session one: Future directions - funding and accountability notes
• Kōrero session two: Infants and toddlers notes
• Kōrero session three: Leadership and professionalism in ECE notes
• Nanny Mere's Papa Taakaro; a community built playscape on Te Moutere o Matakana - Toni and Robin Christie, Childspace
• Flying with penguins: what it means to be literate in a digital world - Tara Fagan and Tania Coutts, CORE Education - presentation unavailable
• Teachers as learners: engaging with children's thinking using schema learning theory - Meredith Kelly, University of Otago
• Literature review on occupational licensing and the development of the early childhood workforce in New Zealand - Peggy Tan, Monash University