The Allan Labor Government is giving early kinder teachers and educators a new one-stop shop for professional development - helping them deliver safe, high-quality kindergarten education for Victorian children.
Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn today launched the Kindergarten Teaching Excellence Approach, a comprehensive system designed to strengthen the quality of teaching in kindergarten and Pre-Prep programs - because great teachers give kids the best start in life.
The initiative provides world-leading professional development learning tools that help teachers and educators build rich interactions, deliver intentional play-based teaching and expand their knowledge of subject matter.
At the heart of the initiative is the new Early Childhood Hub, an online one-stop-shop where professionals can easily access and complete professional learning.
The resources will help the workforce better understand a child's unique strengths and abilities and how they develop - and are available free to all staff in Victorian funded kindergartens.
Teaching Excellence builds on the Labor Government's focus on quality and safety in the sector and will play a key role as kinder programs expand from 600 hours in the year before school to 1,800 hours across the two years before school.
The initiative is part of our nation-leading $14 billion Best Start, Best Life reforms which are transforming early childhood education - helping children thrive, easing cost-of-living pressures for families and supporting parents and carers to return to work or study if they choose.
The reforms are transforming early childhood education in Victoria - delivering and expanding hundreds of kindergartens across the state, saving families up to $2,600 a year through Free Kinder, and supporting the rollout of 15 hours of three-year-old kindergarten each week by 2029 and up to 30 hours of Pre-Prep each week by 2036.
For more information on Teaching Excellence go to earlychildhoodhub.vic.gov.au.
As stated by Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn
"We're backing our early childhood workforce with practical resources that make a real difference in giving every child the best start to their education."
"The Early Childhood Hub gives early childhood teachers and educators easy access to high-quality professional learning and resources that will help retain and upskill the workforce."
