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ECTA is an Association of registered teachers and others interested in the work of early childhood professionals committed to promoting early childhood philosophy and the ongoing development of quality care and education for young children.
Latest News

Key Note Speaker - John Joseph
2008 ECTA Annual Conference Sat 28 June
'The Brain Man', John Joseph presented an engaging, entertaining and educational key note address and master class at the ECTA Conference.

John has kindly supplied a copy of his conference handout. You can access these via the conference 2008 link.

If you are an ECTA member, you can access the handouts from other ECTA workshop presenters as they become available, via the members section in the Secure Area. 
Early Childhood Adviser positions - URGENT apply now
Education Queensland International has successfully tendered an Early Years Project for Qatar’s Supreme Education Council and we are currently recruiting to fill 14 Early Years’ Adviser positions. These positions are Qatar based for 11 months from 31 July 2008.  
ECTA advocacy ..
ECTA nomination, Rob Pratt WINS Teaching Award. Go to our Advocacy section for more details  

Kelly Peters SQU Award 08
ECTA supports BEST GRADUATE student
ECTA was proud to award a year's membership to the University of Southern Queensland's best graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) program in 2008 - Kelly Peters. Well done Kelly. We look forward to supporting you in your future career working with young children.
2008 Videolinq workshop 13th May
Karyn Johns, Registered Speech/Language Pathologist presented on "The Early Years - a time to talk". All who attended would agree that the workshop provided a wealth of practical ideas for promoting the speech and language development of young children. For a copy of Karyn's presentation click on the 13 May workshop in the 2008 videolinq program section. 
Educating Young Children Journal - Summer edition
The Summer edition of the EYC journal is now online. Members can download the entire journal via the ECTA journals link. If you are a non-member, you can preview two articles from the journal via the Latest Journal Extracts link.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 2008 Round
The Trust exists to support Australians in all fields of endeavour. 
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