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Free Health and Development Checks For Children In Preschool Settings

NSW Health To Offer Free Health and Development Checks For Children In Preschool Settings

As part of Brighter Beginnings, the Health and Development Checks for children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) program is a partnership between the Department of Education and NSW Health to provide free development checks to children in the…
New Working with Children Check laws now in force

New Working With Children Check Laws Now In Force

As of 1 September, changes to laws mean that the NSW Working with Children Check can now access information held on a national database of people barred from working with children. Additional changes have come into effect by ensuring that…
Preschool Multicultural Support Program - 20 Hours Of Free Multicultural Support For Children

Preschool Multicultural Support Program - 20 Hours Of Free Multicultural Support For Children

The Preschool Multicultural Support Program is designed to assist the inclusion of children from CALD and refugee backgrounds in quality preschool education and to build the cultural competency of early childhood educators. Eligible community and mobile preschool services can access…
ECE Inclusive Teaching Scholarships Now Open

ECE Inclusive Teaching Scholarships Now Open

The NSW Department of Education is committed to increasing the number of early childhood teachers qualified in providing inclusive education for children with disability and additional needs in NSW community preschools, mobile preschools and long daycare services. To support this…
Open playroom for development of children

Open Playroom Concept For The Development Of Children

The open playroom concept is to provide a more flexible approach for children to empower them to make self-decisions as much as possible. Ruth Harper, Education Lead at EastWest Childcare and Kindergarten in Fitzroy, Victoria said that sometimes the concept…
Cert 3 And Diploma Educational Leaders To Receive Yearly Allowance Of $4,022.05

Cert 3 And Diploma Educational Leaders To Receive Yearly Allowance Of $4,022.05

From the 01 November, for Cert 3 and Diploma Educational Leaders, they will now receive an allowance of $4,022.05 per year.
Free Resource Of Books For Children By And About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Free Resource Of Books For Children By And About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature has produced a new Resource that celebrates children’s books by and about Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
NSW Government Commits 25,000 Fee Free Training Places For The Early Learning And Care Sector

NSW Government Commits 25,000 Fee Free Training Places For The Early Learning And Care Sector

Fee-free early childhood education and care training are available to any eligible NSW resident, regardless of age, employment status or prior qualifications.
Free Kinder Guidelines For Victorian Early Childhood Services In 2023

Free Kinder Guidelines For Victorian Early Childhood Services In 2023

Free Kinder will be available for both 3 and 4-year-old kindergarten programs from 2023. All early childhood education and care providers that deliver a funded kindergarten program in Victoria are eligible to receive Free Kinder funding from 2023, subject to…
Data Reveals 8.1% Of ECEC Services Could Not Meet Legal Requirements For Suitable Qualified ECT's On Staff

Data Reveals 8.1% Of ECEC Services Could Not Meet Legal Requirements For Suitable Qualified ECT's On Staff

Due to a rising teacher shortage, more early learning centres are operating without enough qualified early childhood teachers, which could jeopardise the federal government's promise to make daycare more affordable.
For Educators That Strike On September 7th A Minimum 4 Hours Pay Will Be Deducted

For Educators That Strike On September 7th A Minimum 4 Hours Pay Will Be Deducted

Early childhood educators are represented by the United Workers Union (Union), which has called for a strike on September 7 in protest of the wages and working conditions in the industry.
Join Australia Posts Pen Pal Club And Share First Nations Stories And Culture Through Letters

Join Australia Posts Pen Pal Club And Share First Nations Stories And Culture Through Letters

Australia Post is the principal partner of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. They have created the Pen Pal Club teacher guide encouraging children to investigate and share First Nations stories and culture through letter writing.
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