Programme

Registration and refreshments

Opening address from the Chair

Workforce development, pay and quality in the Early Years

• What are the recent workforce developments and what will they mean to you?
• Developing graduate leaders and early years professionals
• Understanding the importance of the government and sector response to the problem of reward and progression in early years settings
  

Let’s Listen – A resource for planning and profiling: How can this aid your work?

Looking in more detail at this joint resource from the Early Childhood Unit and Participation Works at NCB, launched in April 2010, find out:

• How it has been designed and how it can help you in your settings
• What values and principled of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the YCVN Listening Cycle are implemented throughout
• How you can use it in partnership to map participation of young children in children’s services
  

Question and answer session

Morning refreshments

Embedding the Early Years Workforce Qualifications Toolkit

Understand how the Toolkit will enable you to:

• Develop and manage electronic records of staff details and qualifications
• Check staff qualifications meet the minimum qualification requirements in the Statutory Framework from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Plan appropriate training and development of settings' staff
  

Peer discussion: What innovative solutions can you be implemented to ensure you are delivering a quality service, with a skilled workforce, on a reduced budget?

Discuss with your neighbour ideas about how this can be achieved. What are you doing within your authority that ensures you are delivering the quality you should be? How can this be measured? What innovative solutions are your peers finding success with that you can transfer to your settings?

Feedback session

Lunch

What is the future for Early Years workforce development? How will this affect you and how can you prepare for it within your setting?

• Identifying the skills and qualifications required
• Ensuring your workforce understand these and are implementing them into their daily routine
• How developing these skills may help you to obtain available funding
  

The Single Funding Formula: Are you ready?

This is your opportunity to get all the answers to your questions surrounding the delayed implementation of the Single Funding Formula. Ensure you fully understand it and share your thoughts, ideas and best practice with your peers.

Question and answer session

Afternoon refreshments

Understanding the funding reform

Funding for the future

• What guarantees are there?
• How much funding can settings expect? Will this depend on individual requirements? How will this be determined?
• How long can the funding be guaranteed for?
  

Question and answer session

Chair’s closing remarks and conference ends