{"id":403,"date":"2012-12-05T11:27:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T01:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:04:11","slug":"licensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/about\/licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Australian Children&#8217;s Education &amp; Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe implementation of the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care at the national level began on 1 January 2012. ACECQA&#8217;s focus is on improving the quality of early children&#8217;s education and care services across Australia. We also want to make sure the transition to the National Quality Framework is successful for all involved.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/\">ACECQA Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Education and Care Services National Law 2010<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.nsw.gov.au\/#\/view\/act\/2010\/104a\">The Education and Care Services National Law<\/a> 2010 was adopted by all states<br \/>\nand Territories in Australia to ensure that all Children living in Australian have<br \/>\naccess to quality care between the ages of 0 to 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.nsw.gov.au\/#\/view\/regulation\/2011\/653\">The Education and Care Services National Regulations<\/a> support the legislation and provide detail on a range of operational requirements for an education and<br \/>\ncare service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Quality Standards<\/strong><br \/>\nWe adhere to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\">National Quality Standards <\/a>which covers all children\u2019s services in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 7 Quality areas:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-1-educational-program-and-practice\">Quality Area 1 Educational program and practice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-2-childrens-health-and-safety\">Quality Area 2 Children\u2019s health and safety<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-3-physical-environment\">Quality Area 3 Physical environment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-4-staffing-arrangements\">Quality Area 4 Staffing arrangements<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-5-relationships-with-children\">Quality Area 5 Relationships with children<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-6-collaborative-partnership-with-families-and-communities\">Quality Area 6 Collaborative partnerships with families and communities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\/quality-area-7-governance-and-leadership\">Quality Area 7 Leadership and service management.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Time Our Place Framework<\/strong><br \/>\nThe \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-01\/MTOP-V2.0.pdf\">My time our place<\/a>\u201d framework fits into Quality Area 1 of the National Quality Standards, and enables educators to use an approved learning framework to ensure children develop the skills they need for their personal growth and<br \/>\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', cursive;\">Our Provider Approval<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ACI.pdf\">Activity Centres Inc<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', cursive;\">Our Centre Approvals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beresford-Road-Activity-Centre-Service-Approval-Certificate-SE-00012141.pdf\">Beresford Road Activity Centre <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ECE-Transfer-Provider-Approval-Pendle-Hill-Activity-Centre-19-April-2021.pdf\">Pendle Hill Activity Centre\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Darlington Activity Centre Rating Certificate<\/li>\n<li>Toongabbie East Activity Centre Rating Certificate- Yet to be assessed<\/li>\n<li>Lapstone Activity Centre Rating Certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Children&#8217;s Education &amp; Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) The implementation of the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care at the national level began on 1 January 2012. ACECQA&#8217;s focus is on improving the quality of early children&#8217;s education and care services across Australia. We also want to make sure the transition to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/about\/licensing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Licensing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6147,"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions\/6147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activitycentres.com.au\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}