You can expect to extend your personal professional expertise through contacts within the membership and commit to promoting wise practice supported by ECTA's philosophy.
ECTA's philosophy is demonstrated in the priorities we give to:
*The importance of active, enquiry based learning nurtured through early childhood teaching pedagogy.
*An acknowledgement that children learn best when children and adults share responsibility for learning and decision-making.
*A commitment to early childhood learning environments reflecting the rights of children and families to be active participants in the learning process.
*A belief that teaching and learning should be characterised by opportunities for children to engage in play in all its forms. This includes children initiating and undertaking investigations around topics of their own interest.
*A respect for the diverse social, cultural and learning needs of all children.
Individual and Organisation member benefits include:
- Three high quality journals produced right here in Queensland by and for Early Childhood Professionals. These cover a wide range of topics pertaining to all areas of Early Childhood care and education.
- DVDs of selected presentations from the ECTA Annual Conference and various workshops held throughout the year.
- Access to up to date information about events and news relevant to early childhood professionals through the ECTA web-site - www.ecta.org.au.
- Access to the members' only section of the website which has full PDF versions of the journals, access to presentations from the ECTA annual conference and much more.
- Regular E-Newsletters highlighting items of interest on the ECTA website.
- Opportunities to access free professional learning throughout the State using Videolinq technology - 4 workshops.
- Early registration and substantially reduced costs for the ECTA Annual Conference (Member Organisations are eligible to send 2 people at reduced rate).
- The opportunity to apply for $500 sponsorship to attend the ECTA annual conference.
- Representation on your behalf in a range of issues and government initiatives affecting Early Childhood Professionals in Queensland.
- Access to professional support from early childhood peers.
- The opportunity to join or form an ECTA Regional Group in your area - see website for current registered regional. ECTA financially supports professional learning experiences initiated by Regional Groups.
Student Member benefits
To encourage students to become and continue as ECTA members, the Early Childhood Teachers' Association is offering full time Early Childhood students membership at no cost to them.
- Substantially reduced Annual Conference and Workshop costs (limited spaces available)
- Opportunity to access professional development throughout the State using Videolinq technology.
- Representation on your behalf in a range of issues and government initiatives affecting Early Childhood Professionals in Queensland.
- The opportunity to apply for $500 sponsorship to attend the ECTA annual conference.
- Regular e-newsletters.
- Face to face networking through regional groups.
- The opportunity to join a regional group in your area - ECTA financially supports professional learning experiences initiated by regional groups.
- Access to up to date information about events and news relevant to members on the ECTA website.
- Access to professional support from your early childhood peers.
- First year graduate membership at a substantial discount to the Individual Member rate at the time of joining
- For $60 students can receive:
- Three Educating Young Children journals and
- Up to five DVDs for Professional Learning such as conference keynotes, videolinqs and workshops.
And also ...
ECTA membership fees are tax deductible.
Yearly membership applies from January 1 to December 31.
Members who have paid by 15 March will receive via email the Annual Conference Brochure and an Invitation to Register two weeks before non-members. Workshops fill fast so join now.
Don't wait any longer - join now, or, renew now, and have access to the benefits of membership.
