Tasmanian Early Years Foundation
The Tasmanian Early Years Foundation (TEYF) supports and promotes the wellbeing, development and learning of Tasmanian children up to the age of 6 years.
The Foundation provides opportunities, in partnership with the Tasmanian community, to support children and their families and raise awareness and a commitment to the early years of childhood (birth - 6 years).
Latest news
- Child and Family Centres statewide network forums (29 Mar 2010)
TEYF sponsored the recent visit of Dr Margy Whalley (Pen Green Children and Families Centre, UK) to speak at forums and meet with the Government representatives who are implementing Child and Family Centres in Tasmania. Read more... - Tasmanian Leaders Program Scholarships (16 Feb 2010)
The Foundation has awarded three scholarships under the Tasmanian Leaders Program. Read more... - DHHS Kids Come First Report 2009 (30 Nov 2009)
The Kids Come First project is a whole-of-Government initiative to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Tasmanian children and young people. The project has published its first report to help inform planning and effectively target resources. Read more... - Tasmanian Early Years Foundation Annual Report 2008-09 (30 Oct 2009)
The Foundation's 2008-09 Annual Report has been published. Read more... - Tasmanian Early Years Foundation- UTAS Postgraduate Scholarship Program (11 Aug 2009)
To further research into the early years of life, the Foundation are supporting two scholarships for students undertaking a postgraduate education degree (masters or PhD) incorporating research into the field of children’s early learning and development and/or research into the development and education of early years professionals in Tasmania. Read more... - Research report launched (30 Jun 2009)
Outcome in the Early Years: The State of Tasmania’s Young Children 2009 - A report on the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation’s Outcomes Framework was launched on 30 June 2009 at Bellerive Primary School. Read more...
Upcoming events
International Speaker Forum - 8 June 2010
The Foundation is sponsoring an international forum on early childhood education and care on 8 June 2010 in Launceston. The speakers for this event will be Dr John Bennett, Dr Pamela Oberhuemer and Emeritus Professor Philip Gammage, talking about integrated services for children, implementing quality in early childhood education and care, and the approach to early education and care by Nordic countries. Find out more or register for this event.
Previous events
Keynote Speaker Forum - 12 March 2010
This year's Keynote Speaker Forum will feature Dr Paul Dworkin of the University of Connecticut. Dr Dworkin will be talking on the early detection of health and development problems in young people, an issue on which he is an internationally recognised authority.
