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ARTICLE · 02 DECEMBER 2017

Management of kindergartens – Navigating a legal minefield

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Good documentation will protect the Kindergarten and ensure that the managers each understand their respective roles.

AustraliaConsumer Protection
Amelita Hensman
Amelita Hensman
Kieran Bowling (Formerly With Pointon Partners)
Kieran Bowling (Formerly With Pointon Partners)
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Kindergartens in Victoria have to comply with a myriad of legislative obligations which can seem a minefield for the unsuspecting parent volunteer who finds themselves on a Committee of Management.

Pointon Partners works with Kindergartens, Early Years Managers (formerly known as cluster managers) and education professionals and can guide understanding of and compliance with legislative obligations.

The National Quality Framework ('NQF') introduced a new quality standard in 2012 across Australia to improve education and care across long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten and outside school hours care services.

The NQF aims to raise quality in children's education and care services through:

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