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The start of a new year often comes with a renewed energy and desire to hit the reset button. For many owners, managers and directors in early childhood education services, this is a great to time to assess your goals for the year and work out what you need to do to achieve them. Many […]

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, transferable skills — and they are particularly valuable in early childhood education. Change is constant in all […]

The early learning sector in Australia continues to grow and its importance is becoming increasingly recognised and valued. Alongside this, there is a talent shortage across childcare. The early childhood education sector is in need of more highly trained, dedicated educators. A quality early childhood education workforce To ensure children have access to the best […]

*Original source: Early Childhood Australia’s Every Child magazine, article titled “Understanding imitation and educator wellbeing”, author Alana Evans (Vol. 26, #3). As an early childhood educator, being a role model to children is an essential part of the job. To be a positive role model, it’s important that educators ensure they are capable of showing […]

Fulfilling potential and thriving as a business across any sector comes down to a number of areas that are keys to success. Offering a valuable service or product is one of them, along with providing a clean and safe working environment. Having solid business and marketing plans go a long way too. One of the […]

When it comes to gaining qualifications, the focus should be on the learner first and foremost. This is the key message carried within human-centred education — an approach to learning that puts the individual at the centre of their own learning experience. At Practical Outcomes, we believe that human-centred education is a better way forward […]

While working in early childhood education can involve lots of fun caring for and engaging with children, the reality of life as an educator goes far beyond playing in the sandpit. As an early childhood educator, you provide essential caregiving and play-based learning experiences for children during a critical time of development. The first five […]

If guiding children as they develop, grow and learn through play sounds like a rewarding way to spend your time, pursuing qualifications in school age education could set you on the right career path. Studying School Aged Education and Care (SAEC) can open doors to an important career in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) and […]

Intelligence is a quality that is highly sought after in people, and in today’s society it is now known to extend beyond a person’s ability to solve complex mathematics problems, use a large vocabulary or achieve high marks in school. In fact, it is generally agreed that there are many types of intelligence, covering a […]