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Membership Information

Membership of the Canberra Preschool Society is available to any person or body corporate, which subscribes to the mission, vision, aims and beliefs of the Society, and which is qualified for the relevant class of membership as described below. Life Membership is an honour that offered by invitation only.
The Society Membership collaboratively sets affiliation fees annually – ensuring that the Society remains responsive to the needs of its community.
Membership Class
Affiliation
Group – for a community-based not-for-profit organisation in the Territory whose primary purpose is the promotion and support of a pre-school education program or facility
$30.00 + $7.00 per full-time enrolled child aged 3 years and over
Associate – for any organisation not satisfying all the criteria of described above.
$275.00 (inc. GST)
Individual – for a natural person who is a resident of the Territory.
$22.00 (inc. GST)
CLICK HERE FOR A MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRY FORM
Membership Benefits
The Society involves all of its members through its General Meetings, Early Years Workshops, the CPS Website, and through the Society Office. There are additional practical services provided to Group Members.
MEETINGS
We undertake a publicly respected advocacy on behalf of thousands of preschool parents and community members and meet monthly during school terms. Click here for an interactive map to help you find us.
NEWSLETTER
The newsletter is designed to promote community interest in pre-school education and deals with issues of relevance to the pre-school community of Canberra.
ONSITE, ONLINE and PHONE SUPPORT
Assisting Group Member Parent Association Committees in the discharging of their operational roles by providing a wide range of services and advice on a range of areas, including:
Establishment of committees – incorporation, constitutions.
Governance issues – GST, ATO, BAS, Office of Regulatory Services.
EARLY YEARS WORKSHOPS
Designed specifically for parents of young children, providing specialist Early Childhood Educator advice:

How do children learn from play?
Nurturing your child’s wellbeing
Why do they always ask … why?
Getting ready for kindy.
The Early Years Workshops can be run on your premises for groups of 15 or more at $5 per person.
Group Members Only
INSURANCE SCHEME
We have sourced a cost-effective, family focused group insurance scheme that covers: Public Liability, contents, professional indemnity and a personal accident for the immediate family of members whilst engaged in their organisation’s activities both on and off the site of the service (yes, that means all the family).
ADMINBANDIT SUPPORT
Special offers towards Admin Bandit – the award-winning, web-based volunteer treasurer’s software package with 24/7 personal support.
PARENT ASSOCIATION WORKSHOPS
Designed specifically for the person who has never volunteered to be on a committee – practical, helpful and specialist advice:
Managing Committees (Presidents & Secretaries)
Getting Started (Treasurers)
Making it a Successful Year!
Managing Handover
Finalising the Year (Treasurers)
Advantages ...
The CPS is often the first opportunity for parents to be actively involved in framing their child’s education. We bring together families and professionals who are focused upon the non-compulsory years of education – in a manner that retains consistency and the opportunity to build further networks to the benefit of our children. We strengthen the commitment to working to ensure that the non-compulsory education years remain an accessible, high quality and low cost educational program for the entire community, regardless of where they may choose to send their child for compulsory, and more “formal” schooling. We are user focused, involving the wider community, supporting children through the non-compulsory years of care and education.We draw in, through collaboration, other community groups to the benefit of its members – supporting programs such as the establishment of 3-year-old playschools and 0-5 year old playgroups.
We are experienced and have been doing these things for a very long time here in Canberra. 2008 marked our 65th anniversary. This provides a great deal of reassurance on our ability to cut across political, educational, organisational and departmental boundaries for the purpose of our advocacy.
Page updated: 10 may 2010

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