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When exploring career options, it’s common to consider what skills are required to do well. For just about any job in any sector, you will be better off if you have well-developed adaptive skills. These are interpersonal skills and transferable skills — and they are particularly valuable in early childhood education. Change is constant in […]

Making a meaningful contribution to the early childhood education sector is important for us, and for our learners. As we enter the New Year, you might notice a few changes to our early childhood education and care courses. This new early childhood education training package has been carefully designed to shape a thriving early childhood […]

It’s safe to say that 2021 didn’t end up quite how many of us may have planned. After 2020, there was hope that this year would be nothing like its predecessor. However, we quickly learned that while we were no longer necessarily living in unprecedented times, uncertainty was still prevalent. Nevertheless, it seemed that we […]

A new year is often seen as a fresh chance, a new opportunity. When the year comes to a close and a fresh year is set to begin, we naturally begin to reflect. What went right, what wasn’t so great, what worked, what didn’t work and so on. If last year has left you feeling […]

The results are in from the latest survey from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) survey, and Practical Outcomes is on track, continuing to deliver training satisfaction and employment outcomes for learners. Informing and influencing the vocational education and training (VET) space in Australia drives NCVER’s research, and each year learners who have […]

The early childhood education sector offers a promising career for those seeking work that is fulfilling and makes a genuine difference each day. When entering this sector it’s worth assessing your short and long term goals. From here, you can get to exploring your career progression opportunities — after all, where you start out may […]

If you haven’t experienced burnout before, chances are you know someone who has. It’s prevalent in modern society and is often known as chronic workplace stress. It can affect people in any workforce at any level, from a grocery store junior cashier to a chief executive of a global corporation. Early childhood educators are not […]

From first words to first steps, the first birthday and a child’s first day in early learning, from the day children are born, we start taking note of milestones.  While every accomplishment brings excitement, it can also make parents feel nervous or overwhelmed as a new stage begins for their child and for the family. […]

Cultural differences are everywhere and in early childhood settings there will be families from a wide variety of cultures. Acknowledging and celebrating cultural diversity is important in early childhood education. It can inspire children to not only accept differences but to respect and celebrate them. Culture is a fundamental part of identity and shapes who […]