Childcare enrolment growth: How one ECT transformed a struggling Brisbane service
Discover how one exceptional Early Childhood Teacher contributed to childcare enrolment growth at a struggling service, strengthening family engagement, reputation and occupancy.
Beyond minimum ratios: what staffing really means for safety, quality and educator retention
This article explores how thoughtful staffing relating to Educator-to-child ratios influence child safety, service quality, educator wellbeing and long-term retention.
Degree-qualified or diploma-qualified Centre Director? A considered SWOT analysis
Leadership hiring in early childhood education has become significantly more complicated over the past several years. Approved Providers are no longer simply recruiting for compliance knowledge or curriculum capability. Increasingly, they are searching for leaders capable of stabilising teams, retaining families, navigating workforce shortages and sustaining culture under pressure. This has intensified one of the […]
The myth of the underperforming educator in early childhood services
The idea of the underperforming educator in early childhood services is widely accepted, but rarely examined closely. Across many services, similar language appears when performance concerns arise: a lack of initiative, limited contribution, or a sense that someone is simply “not the right fit”. These descriptions feel intuitive. They also feel final. However, in practice, […]
What children’s agency looks like in practice
Children’s agency in early childhood is increasingly recognised as a core indicator of quality practice, yet many services struggle to translate the concept into daily routines. In practice, children’s agency goes beyond giving children choices it requires environments where children influence their learning, relationships, and experiences in meaningful and sustained ways. In early childhood education, “children’s […]