Monday, January 2, 2017

Early Years Management-CPSG


Our kindergarten is currently an independent, community run kindergarten. Our 'Committee' is volunteer and responsible for compliance and general running of the kindergarten as a not-for-profit organisation. The 'Grievance Committee' is a sub-committee made up of the three executive members (President, Secretary and Vice-President). If you are part of our kindergarten you are a general member, so please don't hesitate to ask one of our committee members if you have a question-they are all parents or ex-parents of kindergarten children. Committee Meetings are approximately once a month and all 'General Members' are welcome: those who pay to belong and the parent body.

Minutes of meetings are kept in the labelled folder by the back door in the 'Parent Library'. The Statement of Purposes, policies, QUIP and so on are also kept there.

New committee members are nominated and elected at our 'Annual General Meeting' which is to be held in January on the 24th at 7pm. Nomination forms were available from the kindergarten during session times and on the Welcome Day as well as being sent home with each enrolled child. Please fill one out and drop it off to the Secretary Tanya Maclachlan seven days before the AGM and take up a position to be involved.

In 2016, after much consideration and discussion, including two open meetings, a decision was made to investigate moving to the Combined Pre-schools of the Southern Grampians Early Years Management group so long as monies remained with the local branch of the Bendigo Bank where possible. This would remove the burden of running the kindergarten, employing  and paying staff and policy and bureaucracy from parents. A 'Site Committee' still remains necessary from each kindergarten to represent them on the CPSG board and direct each of the kindergarten's direction and fundraise. There is currently a 'CPSG Sub-committee' made of Georgina, Chelsea as Committee representatives and Josie, as the staff representative. This will need to continue in 2017 with representatives from the Committee and staff as will the 'Committee' until all due processes have been followed in regards to joining the CPSG.

A Special Meeting has been called by members to again discuss the CPSG. It has been set for January the 13th at 10am. Georgina has invited a representative from CPSG and two from Department of Education of Training to attend. The latter will present information about Early Years Management. All paid-up and enrolled members have been invited by the Secretary, Tanya.