In 2025, KU Children’s Services proudly celebrates a milestone achievement, KU has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for the tenth consecutive year. Since first receiving this prestigious ...

With exposure to severe weather events such as summer storms known to have a significant  impact on children’s physical, mental and learning development, families, carers and educators  are encouraged ...

In a move signalling growing global interest in early childhood development technology, parenting tech company Nanit has secured US$50 million in new funding to expand its AI-powered systems. The ...

This article follows on from my earlier piece, Who should work with young children?, where I explored how the dispositions we value in those who work in early childhood education, shape not only who ...

Rise & Shine Kindergarten & Orbit, Centre of Imagination is proud to announce the launch of the Orbit Mobile STEM Shuttle, a groundbreaking extension of Orbit, Centre of Imagination, the ...

Staff morale is the workplace attitudes, emotions, enthusiasm, satisfaction and future hopes employees have. It is important because it affects workplace attrition, attention, productivity, dedication ...

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Sector. Why is burnout such an issue in our essential workers? While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly increased stress for ...

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Sector. ACECQA has shared data over an extended period of time, showing that documenting children’s learning, in particular ...

The South Australian Government has announced a $14.9 million investment in a new digital initiative designed to modernise the systems that underpin the state’s child protection and family support ...

The online platform is the creation of the Department of Education and has been tailor made for the ECEC sector, designed to support services to comply with their obligations under Family Assistance ...

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Sector. I’ve spent my entire career (decades of it) working in and alongside Australia’s early childhood sector. I’ve seen ...

The extension of workforce transitional provisions aims to support the availability of qualified educators to maintain current quality safeguards for children’s education and care, and to provide ...