Early Childhood Education & Child Care News
Nov 8, 2024 · The Federal Government’s “good social and educational policy, and even better political move” of a fully funded pay rise (worker retention payment) for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector becomes the latest example of the continued oppressive workload and undervaluing of the ECEC sector in Australia. 2024-10-17 07:58:46.
The New and Improved EYLF 2.0 + MTOP 2.0 - The Sector
Jan 12, 2024 · The changes you will find in Version 2.0 of both the EYLF and MTOP comprise a mix of clarifications and expanded explanations across elements of the original EYLF and MTOP, and a smaller number of more substantial changes, including the addition of three new principles and updated practices across all relevant aspects of Version 2.0 of both ...
Updates to EYLF and MTOP approved by Education Ministers: Key …
Jan 24, 2023 · Updates to Australia’s two approved learning frameworks – the Early Years Learning Framework and My Time, Our Place: Framework for School Age Care – have been approved by all Australian, state and territory Education Ministers. “Approved learning frameworks are a critically important part of the National Quality Framework (NQF),” ACECQA said in announcing the new frameworks.
The approved learning frameworks change in 2024 - The Sector
Dec 19, 2023 · Released in early 2023, to allow services and approved providers to become familiar with the revised frameworks, the V2.0 editions of the frameworks must be used from 1 February 2024. In the piece below we explore four of the key changes outlined in the revised versions. Key updates to the EYLF V2.0 and MTOP V2.0 include: One core change to the ...
ELAA welcomes VECTEA approval that brings ECTs and educators …
Jul 14, 2021 · 2024-11-06 09:03:38. by Freya Lucas. The Early Learning Association of Australia (ELAA) has welcomed the approval of the Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement (VECTEA) 2020 earlier this week, noting the role the approval plays in bringing Victorian community early childhood teachers (ECTs) and educators “significantly ...
The new VECTEA is here….in the nick of time - The Sector
Jul 22, 2021 · VECTEA 2020 is about more than maintaining the workforce. It is about acknowledging and building the profession – from building the capacity of provisional teachers, to developing mentors, providing shared planning days for all staff and funding professional learning leave. Providing professional wages goes hand in glove with professional ...
Unpacking the “Worker Retention Payment” Grant guidelines
On 1 October 2024 the Department of Education, via the GrantConnect platform, released a document titled “Early Childhood Education and Care Worker Retention Payment Grant Opportunity Guidelines.”. The document is not publicly available on the Department of Education website. To access it approved providers will need to log in or register ...
Australian Early Development Census 2021 – A summary of key …
Apr 5, 2022 · The emotional maturity domain also saw a slight increase in the percentage of children developmentally vulnerable (from 8.4 per cent in 2018 to 8.5 per cent in 2021) and a decrease in the percentage of children on track on this domain (from 77.1 per cent in 2018 to 77.0 per cent in 2021). Key observations and conclusions of 2021 AEDC.
Childcare Centre Desktop completes restructure as new strategic ...
Dec 13, 2021 · Childcare Centre Desktop, the online resource library focused on early childhood education and care (ECEC) documentation that supports services meet their operational and compliance responsibilities, has confirmed the completion of a restructure that will see majority ownership transfer to a new strategic investor as it lays the foundation for a new frontier in childcare software.
ECEC Modern Award wages to rise by 5.75% - The Sector
Jun 4, 2023 · The Fair Work Commission’s 2023 annual wage review has been completed with the expert panel determining a 5.75 per cent increase in all Modern Award Wages, including those used in the early childhood education and care sector (ECEC).. This year’s decision outcome was primarily driven by cost of living related factors, due to ongoing price rises caused by inflationary pressures, but also ...