The Goal Mind Podcast

This week we have an interview with Megan Mitchell, the inaugural National Children's Commissioner. Commissioner Mitchell discusses why a Children's Commissioner is so important, the successes and areas of improvement for Australia in relation to children's rights, and what she will be working on over the next two years.

Episode Times

01'07" News Chat15'12" Megan Mitchell Interview34'43" Recommendations

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This week Liam has a chat about the role of the Educational Leader with Doreen Blyth, part of the fantastic Educational Leaders Association. Doreen discusses how the Association brings leaders from across Australia together, how educators can think about advocacy, and some of the challenges facing Educational Leaders today. 

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Lisa and Liam take to the streets this week, as we hear from a range of educators who joined the Big Steps Big Walk Off on Tuesday March 27 at rally events in NSW and the ACT.

Next Tuesday (March 27), United Voice will be organising walk-off actions for early childhood educators. Lisa and Liam are joined by United Voice NSW organiser Bettina Moltke to discuss why educators should be walking off the job, how important it is to get families involved, and the importance of taking action together as a sector.

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Episode Times

00'00" Intro and News Chat05'58" Bettina Moltke Interview31'05" Recommendations

This week Lisa and Liam take a look at how some early education services market themselves, and provide some particularly... "interesting" examples. They then look ahead to what the marketing ideas of tomorrow could be!

(We had a few technical issues with the recording this week, so apologies in advance for a few sound problems.)

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Episode Times

00'00" Introduction01'12" News Chat12'02" Marketing early education services41'51" Recommendations

Yesterday marked International Women's Day for 2018, so we spend some time thinking about whether this event should be celebrated and acknowledged in early education services - and with children.

We also include some chats that Leanne had with a fabulous team of Centre Directors with Blacktown City Council.

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Episode Times

00'00" Introduction01'56" News Chat12'13" Should IWD be celebrated in early education services?37'36" Blacktown City Council Centre Director Interviews53'20" Recommendations

We welcome Leanne back to the show after a few weeks off, tackle a new segment in #NewsChat (hashtag required), and then chat with Kate Sollis from ARACY about their recently released Report Card on Australia's performance in a range of indicators for children and young people.

Read the Report CardRead ARACY's introduction to the Report Card

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Episode Times:

01'30" - News Chat17'55" - Kate Sollis Interview34'44" - Recommendations

With men only accounting for 3-4% of the early childhood educator workforce, the experiences of males in the sector has always been a topic of discussion. This week Lisa and Liam break down an article Liam wrote explaining why he won't be getting involved in campaigns, events and advocacy related to this issue anymore.

You can read Liam's original article here.

Forgive the plug, but Lisa and Liam have been involved in developing a new guide for services transitioning to the New Child Care Package. Find out more about "Getting Ready" here.

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With Leanne once again travelling the world, Lisa and Liam are joined this week by Verena Heron from the Independent Education Union. Verena talks us through the IEU's Equal Remuneration Case with Fair Work Australia.

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We're back with our first episode 2018, and we're tackling the fantastic new early childhood education report Lifting Our Game. Leanne and Lisa speak with one of the authors, and long-time early childhood policy expert, Professor Deb Brennan.

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