ECKA delivers education and care services to children in diverse communities throughout Victoria’s Central Highlands.
Our commitment lies in providing high-quality education and care that enriches the learning and development of every child. We advocate for children and the early education and care sector, serving as an influential voice for high-quality early years services.
Additionally, we strategically plan and collaborate for effective, sustainable, and supported early years services, both presently and in the future.
ECKA’s purpose, Enriching children’s lives through learning, can only be achieved where children and their families are in education and care environments that are safe, welcoming and inclusive; and when children’s health safety and wellbeing is protected at all times.
Importantly, children must not only be safe but also feel safe.
ECKA operates under a range of legislative, policy and procedural requirements that prioritise the safety of children as paramount at all times, and these are available on the ECKA website, at the ECKA office, and ECKA services.
ECKA encourages all children, families, employees and others involved with ECKA services to participate in regular evaluation and review of policies and practices, or at any time provide feedback, anonymously if desired, via the ECKA website, at the ECKA office or ECKA service. At all times, any complaints or concerns about child safety will be treated with the highest priority.
ECKA is committed to the rights of all children to feel safe, and be safe at all times, including:
ECKA acknowledges the First Nations People as the Traditional Owners of the land, water and resources of the countries that ECKA resides upon.
We thank them for sharing their connections and pay respect to their elders past, present and emerging. ECKA pays respect to the central place in education that Aboriginal culture holds and says thank you.