Communications Toolkit - Workforce transitional arrangements extended to 31 December 2024
Campaign materials to share
This Communications Toolkit is for you to use to share with education and care providers, services and your professional networks:
- Online content – newsletter article/website content
- Social media tiles – Facebook and Twitter
- Resources
Key messages:
- Education Ministers have agreed to extend workforce transitional arrangements for a further 12 months, until 31 December 2024.
- This decision continues to provide flexibility for services and providers during a time of workforce shortages and enables governments to fully consider any recommendations that may arise out of the national qualifications review, commencing in 2023.
- An updated version of the Guide to the National Quality Framework (NQF) will be published on 1 July 2023. We will also continue to be update it throughout 2023 to reflect the agreed changes from the 2019 NQF Review.
Online content – newsletter article/website text
Extension of workforce transitional provisions
Education Ministers have agreed to extend workforce transitional arrangements for a further 12 months, until 31 December 2024.
This decision continues to provide flexibility for services and providers during a time of workforce shortages and enables governments to fully consider any recommendations that may arise out of the national qualifications review, commencing in 2023.
The following workforce transitional provisions were due to expire on 31 December 2023 and will now continue to apply until 31 December 2024:
- Regulation 239A - Regarding attendance of early childhood teachers at centre-based services in remote and very remote areas (NT, NSW, SA, TAS)
- Regulation 240 - Qualification requirements for educators working in centre-based services in remote and very remote areas (SA, TAS)
- Regulation 242 – Qualification requirements for people to be ‘taken to be an early childhood teacher’ (NT, ACT, NSW, SA, TAS)
Note: Western Australia will make corresponding regulations to extend the workforce transitional provisions for regulation 239A, 240 and 242 to continue to apply until 31 December 2024.
Note: Regulation 242 does not apply in Queensland and Victoria or if you are working in a centre-based service educating and caring for 30 or more children preschool age or under in NSW.
- Regulation 264 – General qualifications for educators in centre-based services (ACT)
All other workforce transitional provisions will continue to expire as planned (see Workforce transitional provisions summary table on ACECQA website).
Extension of ‘Equivalent to an ECT' provision
Taking into account the workforce pressures on the sector across the country, particularly in rural and remote settings, the ACECQA Board has determined it will also extend its ‘Equivalent to an ECT’ provision until 31 December 2024.
This further extension by the ACECQA Board ensures consistency with the decision of Education Ministers to provide flexibility for services in the management of workforce requirements.
Social media posts
Share a post directly from the ACECQA Facebook and Instagram, or download the social media post content and images below:
Facebook post:
Education Ministers have agreed to extend workforce transitional arrangements for a further 12 months until 31 December 2024. ACECQA will also extend its ‘Equivalent to an ECT’ provision until 31 December 2024. These decisions continue to provide flexibility for services and providers during a time of workforce shortages. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/latest-news
Twitter tweet:
Education Ministers have agreed to extend workforce transitional arrangements for a further 12 months until 31 December 2024. This decision provides flexibility for services and providers during a time of workforce shortages.https://www.acecqa.gov.au/latest-news
Resources:
New information and resources are available for services and providers now
We have published new guidance information and resources on the ACECQA website:
- Information sheet - Key changes for centre-based services from 2023
- Information sheet – Short term relief of educators at centre-based services (7.1) from 2023
- Information sheet – Educators who are ‘actively working towards’ a qualification (7.2 and 7.3) from 2023
- An updated version of the Guide to the National Quality Framework (NQF) will be published on 1 July 2023. We will also continue to update it throughout 2023 to reflect the agreed changes from the 2019 NQF Review.