with Gowrie Victoria
Gold Sponsor
Major Sponsors
Kindergarten Parents Victoria
Website: www.kpv.org.au
Formed in 1990, Kindergarten Parents Victoria (KPV) provides a comprehensive range of management support to early childhood services. Membership consists of Victorian cluster managers, independent kindergarten committees, community managed long day care centres, local governments and various other organisations associated with early childhood education.
KPV represents the interests of parents and children to the government, community and other related groups. We provide extensive support to the early childhood sector in the areas of industrial relations and human resources, centre management for both stand-alone centres and group employers, fundraising and marketing.
KPV has a membership of over 1200 services across Victoria which:
| • | Employ qualified early childhood staff that plan programs for young children. |
| • | Provide developmentally appropriate programs based on the recognition and understanding of the needs, interests and abilities of young children. |
| • | Provide safe environments, both indoors and outdoors, which provide opportunities for children to develop new skills and practise and enhance those they have already learned. |
Kindergarten Parents Victoria (KPV) is proud to present this exciting event for the early childhood education sector. In conjunction with Gowrie Victoria and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development we are delighted to coordinate such a quality speaking program and would like to thank future sponsors and exhibitors for their contribution in making this conference once again a success.
Emma King
CEO, Kindergarten Parents Victoria
Gowrie Victoria
Website: www.gowrie-melbourne.com.au
Gowrie Victoria’s purpose is ‘to build the future through the enhancement of children’s lifelong potential’. We are committed to the education and care of the child, recognition of the importance of the individual child’s community and the importance of partnerships.
Our services reflect the breadth of community involvement in early childhood and our commitment to enrich children’s potential through the:
| • | delivery of long day care and kindergarten places at two sites, Docklands and Carlton North |
| • | provision of resources, information and advice in our resource centres or on-line |
| • | demonstration facilities for educators, parents, centre designers, students, sector leaders and policy makers |
| • | provision of professional learning and training programs for people working or aiming to work in the sector. This includes a range of mentoring and coaching programs around the State |
| • | provision of specialised resources to educators and decision makers |
| • | provision of advice and information spanning a breadth of issues relevant to the early childhood sector from pedagogical leadership to policy development and centre management. |
Gowrie Victoria offer to the early childhood sector a model of practice, based
on research and contemporary early childhood understanding that informs
the calibre of interactions in early childhood education and care.
Sue Hart
CEO, Gowrie Victoria (Melbourne)
