11 July 2016

Let's see what happens with the Government arts and education policies, post election.

One area, that of the Early Childhood workforce, was only addressed by Labour, pre-election. It's of great concern that a recent survey of 1200 early educators across Australia found 1 in 5 were planning to leave the profession.

Reasons can be summarised as low pay (it's a 94% female dominated sector), feeling undervalued and increasing time on administrative tasks.

Early childhood experience should be a great foundation for learning. Let's start appropriately valuing those who do this important work.

Read the whole article in The Conversation