Early Childhood Development Workforce

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• Preliminaries (PDF - 495 Kb)
  • Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Terms of reference, Contents, Acknowledgment, Abbreviations and explanations and Glossary
• Overview - including key points (PDF - 241 Kb)
• Findings and Recommendations (PDF - 211 Kb)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 207 Kb)
  • 1.1 What has the Commission been asked to do?
  • 1.2 Why is the ECD workforce study important?
  • 1.3 Conduct of the study
  • 1.4 Structure of the report
• Chapter 2 The early childhood development sector (PDF - 324 Kb)
  • 2.1 What are early childhood development services?
  • 2.2 Who provides early childhood development services?
  • 2.3 Who uses early childhood development services?
  • 2.4 Who pays for early childhood development services?
  • 2.5 Who regulates early childhood development services?
• Chapter 3 Government involvement in the early childhood development sector (PDF - 464 Kb)
  • 3.1 Government roles in the early childhood development sector
  • 3.2 Government objectives in the early childhood development sector
  • 3.3 New policy agendas
  • 3.4 Challenges for the new policy agendas
  • 3.5 Funding the new policy agendas
• Chapter 4 The early childhood education and care workforce (PDF - 277 Kb)
  • 4.1 The changing role of the ECEC workforce
  • 4.2 The ECEC workforce
  • 4.3 Pay and conditions in ECEC
  • 4.4 Career pathways in the ECEC workforce
  • 4.5 Recruitment, retention and tenure in the ECEC workforce
  • 4.6 Where is the ECEC workforce employed?
  • 4.7 Volunteers play an important but declining role in the ECEC workforce
• Chapter 5 The preschool, long day care and occasional care workforce (PDF - 463 Kb)
  • 5.1 Key features of the preschool, long day care and occasional care workforce
  • 5.2 Demand for preschool, long day care and occasional care teachers and educators
  • 5.3 Supply of early childhood teachers
  • 5.4 Supply of qualified educators
  • 5.5 Other issues in preschool, long day care and occasional care labour supply
• Chapter 6 The family day care workforce (PDF - 281 Kb)
  • 6.1 Provision of family day care
  • 6.2 Effect of the National Quality Standard on demand for family day care educators and coordinators
  • 6.3 Effect of the National Quality Standard on the supply of family day care educators and coordinators
  • 6.4 Pedagogical leadership
• Chapter 7 The outside school hours care workforce (PDF - 238 Kb)
  • 7.1 Outside school hours care
  • 7.2 Changes in the outside school hours care sector
  • 7.3 What will the COAG ECEC reforms mean for outside school hours care?
  • 7.4 Qualifications for the outside school hours care workforce
• Chapter 8 The ECEC workforce for children with additional needs (PDF - 374 Kb)
  • 8.1 The ECEC workforce for children with additional needs
  • 8.2 Demand for ECEC workers for children with additional needs
  • 8.3 Supply of ECEC workers for children with additional needs
  • 8.4 Equipping the mainstream workforce to provide ECEC for children with additional needs
• Chapter 9 The ECEC workforce in rural and remote areas (PDF - 546 Kb)
  • 9.1 Demand for ECEC workers in rural and remote areas
  • 9.2 Supply of ECEC workers in rural and remote areas
• Chapter 10 Training and developing the ECEC workforce (PDF - 551 Kb)
  • 10.1 Qualifications and the quality of early childhood education and care
  • 10.2 Vocational education and training in early childhood education and care
  • 10.3 Ensuring quality in vocational education and training
  • 10.4 Other issues in VET for the ECEC workforce
  • 10.5 Higher education for ECEC workers
  • 10.6 Professional development and support
  • 10.7 Other issues in training and professional development
• Chapter 11 Planning the early childhood education and care workforce (PDF - 391 Kb)
  • 11.1 Components of an ECEC workforce strategy
  • 11.2 Current ECEC workforce policies
  • 11.3 Implications for the Early Years Development Workforce Strategy
  • 11.4 Data requirements for the Early Years Development Workforce Strategy
• Chapter 12 Child health workforce (PDF - 387 Kb)
  • 12.1 Characteristics of the child health workforce
  • 12.2 Demand for child and family health nurses
  • 12.3 Supply of child and family health nurses
  • 12.4 Training and workforce planning for child and family health nurses
• Chapter 13 Workforce for family support services (PDF - 345 Kb)
  • 13.1 The workforce for family support services
  • 13.2 Demand for workers to provide family support services
  • 13.3 Supply of workers to provide family support services
  • 13.4 Training and workforce planning for family support services
• Chapter 14 ECD workforce for Indigenous children (PDF - 484 Kb)
  • 14.1 ECEC services for Indigenous children
  • 14.2 ECEC workforce for Indigenous children
  • 14.3 The National Quality Framework
  • 14.4 Policy implications for ECEC services for Indigenous children
  • 14.5 Policy implications for the ECEC workforce for Indigenous children
• Chapter 15 The integrated ECD services workforce (PDF - 304 Kb)
  • 15.1 Integrated ECD services
  • 15.2 The integrated ECD services workforce
  • 15.3 Implications for the integrated ECD services workforce
• Appendix A Public consultation (PDF - 321 Kb)
• References (PDF - 536 Kb)

The following appendices are only available online and are not included in the printed report.

• Appendix B Early childhood development data (PDF - 102 Kb)
• Appendix C The evidence base for early childhood development policy (PDF - 103 Kb)
• Appendix D Early childhood development systems and workers in other countries (PDF - 221 Kb)
• Appendix E Modelling the workforce impacts of the COAG ECEC reforms (PDF - 281 Kb)
• Appendix F Institutional arrangements in the early childhood development sector (PDF - 454 Kb)
• Appendix G Referee reports (PDF - 28 Kb)