Early Start Project Competitors

Parents as Teachers promotes the optimal early development, learning and health of young children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers. We provide an evidence-based, research-informed home visiting model and are a center for innovation in promising practices and flexible, adaptive designs. Parents as Teachers is the trusted resource providing a proven home visiting model for the most respected organizations and professionals who meet the evolving needs of families. Our work with the professional community helps young children grow up healthy, safe and ready to learn. Our internationally recognized network of organizations and professionals supports hundreds of thousands of families in all 50 states as well as many other countries through a proven parent education model featuring intimate, in-home visits with parents and children. Organizations and professionals who come to Parents as Teachers benefit from a portfolio of resources and training that are relevant—and widely applicable—to today’s parents, families and children, especially those most vulnerable. Through Parents as Teachers, educators, child care providers and health providers help communities partner with parents to do a better job of preparing children for a stronger start in life—for example, through early detection of developmental delays and health issues—and for greater success in school. Through advocacy and outreach, Parents as Teachers serves as a voice for early childhood education and champions the critical role of parental involvement and early intervention in the education continuum. Parents as Teachers raises awareness and works to shape policy around the importance of enhancing school readiness by reaching children during the critical, formative years of life.

The National Library was formed in 1965, when the Alexander Turnbull Library, the General Assembly Library, and the National Library Service were brought together. The purpose of the National Library, as defined in the National Library of New Zealand Act 2003, is to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchange with other nations, as appropriate, by: * collecting, preserving, and protecting documents, particularly those relating to New Zealand, and make them accessible for all the people of New Zealand, in a manner consistent with their status as documentary heritage and taonga; * supplementing and furthering the work of other libraries in New Zealand; and * working collaboratively with other institutions having similar purposes, including those forming part of the international library community. Role of the National Library * To develop and maintain the Crown’s documentary heritage collections, principally the Alexander Turnbull Library, which includes a comprehensive collection of documents relating to New Zealand and the people of New Zealand; * To make the National Library’s collections accessible in order to provide for the most advantageous use of those collections and resources; * To provide other services that include access to information resources and bibliographic and school services; * To promote cooperation and work collaboratively with others on library matters within New Zealand and overseas; and * To advise and assist the Minister Responsible for the National Library on library and information issues.

Parenting Place is a non-profit organisation providing trusted parent education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since 1993, we’ve journeyed with parents from the time their pēpē are born, right through to adulthood, supporting them through key transitions and tricky seasons - as well as the highs, lows and everydays of family life. We inspire, equip and support parents with practical, relatable parenting advice and strategies through: 💻 Online self-guided parenting courses: available 24/7 including - Digital Parenting - Strong-Willed Child - Untangling Anxiety 👩🏽💻 1:1 Parent Coaching: available online, or in-person for Auckland families 🏫 Parenting Talks: in schools, kindergartens, ECEs, community centres and workplaces across New Zealand 📲 Free resources through our @parentingplacenz social channels and parentingplace.nz articles 🎙️ Parents We've Met podcast, featuring well-known New Zealanders and parenting specialists 📺 Media interviews across radio, TV, print, podcasts and digital channels Parenting Place also creates content for parenting courses facilitated by community partners, including: 🧑🍼 Space: for you and your baby: a 20-40 week course to support parents in the first year of their child's life 🛠️ Toolbox Preschool Years, Toolbox Primary Years and Toolbox Teenage Years: a six-week age+stage specific parenting course covering the practical, emotional and relational aspects of parent life including: love and connection, understanding yourself as a parent, understanding our children and the world they live in 🌿 Building Awesome Whānau: a six-to-eight week course which draws from mātauranga Māori and the latest research to support whānau in a uniquely Aotearoa context