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CEO foreword Welcome to our Spring issue for 2024. This is the time of the year when you are working with your service families in preparing children and young people…

According to the latest National Quality Framework (NQF) Snapshot report, the quality of outside school hours care (OSHC) services continues to rise. In 2020, 75% of OSHC services were rated…

We recently had the privilege of facilitating our second in person workshop for the In Home Care (IHC) Quality and Safety Project. This month over 60 IHC Service Providers and…

New outdoor space requirements have been introduced in the ACT, and will be considered by the ACT regulatory authority as part of the service approval process. The new requirements are…

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has released a series of animated videos as part of their early childhood learning trajectories resource suite. Educators in services may find these videos…

Guest article by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). Share your unique perspective as an early childhood teacher in the Australian Teacher Workforce Survey. It is the…

As we approach the end of the year, families are preparing their children for the next transition so it is a good time to help parents and carers understand the…

The quality of outside school hours care services continues to rise – from 75% Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above in 2020 to 88% today – according to the…

CEO foreword Welcome to our fourth issue for 2024. In this edition, we continue to promote and foster continuous quality improvement by approved education and care services in line with…

We have updated the Shaping Our Future online dashboard as part of our commitment to the implementation of the National Children’s Education and Care Workforce Strategy (2022–2031). Australian governments and…