Early Childhood Education & Child Care News
WEB6 days ago · The attraction and retention of early childhood education and care (ECEC) employees in Western Australia has been given a boost thanks to a total of $250,000 in grant funding made available as part of the Attraction and Retention Packages for Regional Child Care Workers Program, announced on Early Childhood Educators’ Day. 2024-09 …
$10 million to develop early learning workforce
WEB2 days ago · The NSW Department of Education is partnering with TAFE NSW to deliver a $10 million Early Childhood Professional Learning Program, providing NSW early childhood educators and teachers with fully subsidised professional learning. Professional learning will be open to all early childhood education and care (ECEC) educators and teachers that work ...
Y Kinders commits to small community - thesector.com.au
WEB1 day ago · Willaura and District Kindergarten is small – with sometimes less than five children in attendance – but plays an important role in the function and development of the town. “Y Kinders operates in many small, rural townships across Victoria,” Ms Dobson said. “We understand how critical these services are – not just to ensure the ...
Research News - The Sector
WEB5 days ago · Jobs and Skills report shows a shortfall of more than 20,000 educators. There is high demand for early childhood professionals nationwide, a newly released report from Jobs and Skills Australia has shown, and this demand will continue to grow. 2024-09-04 08:50:14. by Freya Lucas.
Practice News - The Sector
WEB5 days ago · Saltbush Child and Family Learning Centre (CFLC) has officially opened in the Tasmanian community of Kingston, part of the $28 million commitment by the Tasmanian Liberal Government to deliver six new centres around the State, and bring the total number of CFLC’s to 18. 2024-09-04 09:08:50. by Freya Lucas. Workforce.
Closing the Gap Council gives in-principle agreement to Sector ...
WEBDec 14, 2021 · The Joint Council on Closing the Gap has given its agreement in principle to the first two Sector Strengthening Plans, to improve the early childhood care and development sector and the health sector as part of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.. The Early Childhood Care and Development and Health Sector Strengthening Plans are a key enabler of Priority Reform 2 of the National Agreement.
The ten biggest ECEC news stories of 2021 – The year in review
WEBDec 21, 2021 · Here are the ten biggest and most popular news stories of 2021: 1. Fair Work Commission ratifies up to 10% rise in Early Childhood Teacher Award rates. In April 2021 the Fair Work Commission accepted an application made by the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) NSW/ACT Branch to increase early childhood teacher (ECT) wages, a ...
National Skills Commission report shows shortages doubled in …
WEBOct 7, 2022 · A new National Skills Commission report has shown that occupation shortages doubled in 2022 under tight labour market conditions, revealing that nearly a third of all Australian sectors, including early childhood education and care (ECEC) are struggling to fill vacancies.. The Federal Government has pledged to establish a new agency in response to the findings, which showed that the number of ...
Sector responds favourably to record week of early learning ...
WEBJun 17, 2022 · A number of early childhood education and care (ECEC) peak bodies have shared their responses to a record week of announcements by the New South Wales Government ahead of its Budget, which is due to be released on Tuesday. Responses from core sector representatives including the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA), the Community Child Care ...
Mayfield to acquire 14 centres and secure greenfield pipeline in deal ...
WEBOct 29, 2021 · ASX listed Mayfield Childcare is seeking to acquire fourteen early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres from Melbourne based Genius Childcare for $39.2 million, as well as enter into a five year greenfield incubator partnership aimed at securing future growth for the Group, according to documents seen by The Sector.. The acquisition price consists of an initial sum of $31.2 million ...
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