FNECN Ways of Working
Our Purpose
To provide a sustainable consultative forum of key stakeholders to share research, best practice, current projects, events, advocacy and expertise relevant to the field of early childhood education and care.
Particular attention is given to the following via professional conversations and data sharing:
Our Desired Result
Every Child in Far North Queensland Entering School Healthy and Ready to Engage in Learning
Context
To provide a sustainable consultative forum of key stakeholders to share research, best practice, current projects, events, advocacy and expertise relevant to the field of early childhood education and care.
Particular attention is given to the following via professional conversations and data sharing:
- Building connections, supporting Early Childhood Community Networks (ECCNs)
- Supporting and mentoring emerging Early Childhood professionals
- Maintaining currency of learning and professional development
- Acknowledging and welcoming the voices and perspectives of all who support early childhood learning and development
Our Desired Result
Every Child in Far North Queensland Entering School Healthy and Ready to Engage in Learning
Context
- Why? Early intervention and community engagement recognises and acknowledges the significance of the early years and how we as a community play a vital role in supporting who our children are and are becoming.
- What? We aim to establish a culture of collaboration through community networks - with the intent of effectively addressing the health, education, and social/emotional well-being of children from birth to eight years and their families.
- How? FNECN provides links, through community partnerships, to the broader early childhood community, including ECCNS, to collaborate, empower and strengthen capacity of communities throughout far north Queensland.
- When? The 2008 publication, Building a Solid Foundation for School - a Communities Approach, informed the purposes and goals of FNECN, with its suggested formula (below), which includes the voices of children along with families, communities and schools as ways to enhance learning and development in the early years of school.
Ready Communities and Services + Ready Schools + Ready Families + Ready Children
= Readiness for learning and development in the school years
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Membership and meeting types and dates of meetings
Refer to Membership and Partners page - linked here
Refer to Membership and Partners page - linked here
FNECN ADMINISTRATION
The FNECN administration team comprises of Community Partners who carry out various administration duties within the network.
Roles include:
General meetings: Organise and lead four ONLINE meetings.
(Two people)
- choose an online delivery platform and create an invitation link- organise and confirm guest speaker
- develop an agenda for the meeting (use template)
- send out meeting reminder with meeting date and guest speaker and reminder to r.s.v.p
- send out invitations with online meeting link and agenda to those who have r.s.v.p'ed
- monitor technical proceedings and issues during the meeting
- facilitate the meeting
- record the meeting and forward to website administrator for upload
Community Partner meetings: Organise and lead 2 Community Partner face - to - face meetings, including working parties that may emerge from meetings.
(Two to three people)
- develop an agenda for the meeting (use template)
- send out meeting reminder with meeting date, agenda and venue with reminder to r.s.v.p
- facilitate the meeting
- gather meeting feedback, collate and upload to website
Secretary: Managing correspondence and communication.
(Two people - shared position)
- take minutes at all meetings (use template)
- uploading minutes to website
- monitoring and responding to FNECN email
Website Administrator: Website administration and content quality control.
(Two people)
- ensuring website content is up-to-date
- Organising payment for website and domain registration
- Contact person for website contribution such as information and links
Facebook Administrator - Keep Facebook page up to date and add relevant information, including information submitted by members.
(Three people)
- uploading content as requested by community partners or members
- contribute a minimum of 2 posts per week
- monitor content and news feeds
- Contact person for Facebook contributions
- respond to comments
ECCN Administrator (Department ECEC Role) - Responsible for administration of the ECCNs
(Two people)
- establishment of ECCN communities
- mentoring and coaching network facilitators
- updating ECCN content on the FNECN website as required
- reporting to FNECN community partners on the progress of the ECCNs
The FNECN administration team comprises of Community Partners who carry out various administration duties within the network.
Roles include:
General meetings: Organise and lead four ONLINE meetings.
(Two people)
- choose an online delivery platform and create an invitation link- organise and confirm guest speaker
- develop an agenda for the meeting (use template)
- send out meeting reminder with meeting date and guest speaker and reminder to r.s.v.p
- send out invitations with online meeting link and agenda to those who have r.s.v.p'ed
- monitor technical proceedings and issues during the meeting
- facilitate the meeting
- record the meeting and forward to website administrator for upload
Community Partner meetings: Organise and lead 2 Community Partner face - to - face meetings, including working parties that may emerge from meetings.
(Two to three people)
- develop an agenda for the meeting (use template)
- send out meeting reminder with meeting date, agenda and venue with reminder to r.s.v.p
- facilitate the meeting
- gather meeting feedback, collate and upload to website
Secretary: Managing correspondence and communication.
(Two people - shared position)
- take minutes at all meetings (use template)
- uploading minutes to website
- monitoring and responding to FNECN email
Website Administrator: Website administration and content quality control.
(Two people)
- ensuring website content is up-to-date
- Organising payment for website and domain registration
- Contact person for website contribution such as information and links
Facebook Administrator - Keep Facebook page up to date and add relevant information, including information submitted by members.
(Three people)
- uploading content as requested by community partners or members
- contribute a minimum of 2 posts per week
- monitor content and news feeds
- Contact person for Facebook contributions
- respond to comments
ECCN Administrator (Department ECEC Role) - Responsible for administration of the ECCNs
(Two people)
- establishment of ECCN communities
- mentoring and coaching network facilitators
- updating ECCN content on the FNECN website as required
- reporting to FNECN community partners on the progress of the ECCNs