Recruitment and Retention: Standing Against an Outgoing Tide
According to Gallup, the cost of replacing an individual employee can range from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. They calculate that this means U.S. businesses are losing a trillion dollars every year due to voluntary turnover. A...
Why are so many centres shifting to Storypark?
In 2021 we’ve welcomed the largest volume of new customers we’ve ever seen who are already using an alternative family engagement platform and want to shift to Storypark. We work to make every customers’ set-up and ongoing Storypark journey exceptional,...
Supporting high quality ECE outcomes in Toronto
The Quality Early Learning Network (QELN) is a group of leading not-for-profit early learning and family support agencies who are dedicated to the impact they make for children, families, educators and communities in Southern Ontario. Although the organizations who are...
How to grant an assessor access to your Storypark account
Storypark is a valuable tool that can support an effective NQS Assessment and Rating process. Authorised Officers (AO’s) can be invited to access information in Storypark and thereby evidence the great work of your team. This process is accepted by...
Supporting your families with Australia’s best resources
Storypark’s Families App offers parents and guardians Australia’s most relevant and useful parenting resources through an exclusive partnership with the Raising Children Network. Up-to-date articles, videos and other information about children from birth to 5 years old are tailored for...
Digital documentation – Who owns children’s information?
Digital documentation – Who owns children’s information? This article includes observations from Dr Chip Donohue and Storypark Co-CEO Peter Dixon around the use of digital documentation technology with children and the storage of information. It also answers questions around who...
Our new normal – the importance of building relationships and sustainability
COVID-19 has been a stressful but insightful journey for the ECE profession, changing some day to day practices in line with temporary requirements, and others in a way that will never return to what used to be considered ‘normal’. With...
10 considerations for ECE leaders responding to Covid-19
Leaders across the ECE sector are being forced to rethink many parts of their operations as Covid-19 changes perceptions, practices and permitted activities. Over the last two weeks, I’ve been talking with CEO’s and leaders of ECE services in Australia,...
Rethinking practice and caring in new ways – supporting ECE services through Covid-19
This is an unprecedented time in the ECE profession. Individuals, managers and owners/operators are faced with conflicting pressures: Ethically what’s my/our responsibility to flatten the curve and help care for our society? What will the government mandate around closures and...
Welcoming parents and families with Storypark
As the holiday memories begin to fade and we focus on the year ahead, an important part of the next few weeks is providing a thoughtful and stress-free welcome for parents and families as they return or start at your...