{"id":4845,"date":"2022-11-22T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T02:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2022-11-23T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:47:10","slug":"educator-wellbeing-and-family-engagement-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/2022\/11\/22\/educator-wellbeing-and-family-engagement-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies applied by ECEC services during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/research-projects\/covid19_and_ecec\/\">collaborative project<\/a> has launched new resources to help early childhood education and care (ECEC) services use co-design to address local challenges and to share helpful strategies to support educator wellbeing and family engagement during COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Family engagement in early childhood education and care and educator wellbeing are essential factors<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aracy.org.au\/publications-resources\/area?command=record&amp;id=302&amp;cid=6\"> to ensure the best outcomes for children.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impact of\u00a0restrictions\u00a0during COVID-19 presented unique challenges\u00a0for early\u00a0learning services.\u200b Educators demonstrated creativity and innovation to maintain partnerships with\u00a0families, providing a vital support for children and families during the pandemic.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>A collaboration between the Centre for Community Child Health, Research in\u00a0Effective Education in Early Childhood Hub (REEaCh)\u00a0at Melbourne Graduate School of Education and\u00a0Goodstart\u00a0Early Learning provided an opportunity to examine and <a href=\"https:\/\/education.unimelb.edu.au\/REEaCh\/publications\/project-resources\/family-engagement-and-educator-wellbeing-resources\">share resources<\/a> on innovative strategies applied by early childhood education and care (ECEC) services during COVID-19 to support family engagement and educator wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the resources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.unimelb.edu.au\/REEaCh\/publications\/project-resources\/family-engagement-and-educator-wellbeing-resources\/toolkit-for-educators-using-codesign-to-innovate\"><strong>Toolkit for educators:<\/strong> <strong>Using co-design to innovate<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> This toolkit outlines the steps in the co-design process, provides tips for implementing innovations, and shares case study examples of innovative strategies used by ECEC services to support educator wellbeing and family engagement during COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.unimelb.edu.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0008\/4357088\/220809-Supporting-Educator-Wellbeing-and-Family-Engagement-A4-_v2.pdf\"><strong>Research and practice brief:<\/strong><\/a> This brief provides a summary of the research underpinning the collaborative project and the family engagement and educator wellbeing strategies implemented by early learning services during COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.unimelb.edu.au\/REEaCh\/publications\/project-resources\/family-engagement-and-educator-wellbeing-resources\"><strong>Interviews with educators: Innovating during COVID-19<\/strong><\/a> In this video, educators share their experiences and challenges during COVID-19 as well as the helpful strategies they each implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/research-projects\/covid19_and_ecec\/\"><strong>Learn more about the project\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources to support educator wellbeing and family 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