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Getting Ready for Three-Year-Old Kinder in Eastern Victoria
Support for new teachers from the landmark roll-out of funded Three-Year-Old Kinder.
The biggest reform of early childhood education is now closer, as the Andrews Labor Government gets on with supporting new teachers as part of the landmark roll-out of funded Three-Year-Old Kinder.
Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing today welcomed a $9.2 million package to support early childhood teachers at the beginning of their careers, as we continue rolling out our historic $5 billion decade-long reform to deliver a full 15 hours of three-year-old kinder.
Three-Year-Old Kinder is expected to create around 6,000 jobs. More than 4,000 additional kinder teachers and more than 2,000 additional early childhood educators are needed as the program expands state-wide.
The Victorian Budget 2019/20 invested $92.4 million towards supporting, training and recruiting the teachers and educators we need, including scholarships of up to $34,000 for those studying an early childhood teaching qualification and incentive payments of up to $9,000 for those who choose to teach in roll-out areas.
And to ensure our early childhood services have the educators of the future, the Labor Government has added the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Certificate III in Early Childhood Education to the Free TAFE list.
The Labor Government’s $9.2 million New Workforce Package will give new early childhood teaching graduates the professional development and mentoring support they need to thrive and stay in the sector.
The new package will include grants of up to $2,872 to support Provisionally Registered Teachers progress to full registration, which can be challenging for those in standalone kinders and in more rural locations where they are often some distance from experienced mentors to support them through the process.
The Labor Government will boost professional development and networking opportunities with funds to support conferences for our newest teachers. And to ensure the very best placement opportunities in our kinders, this package includes $2.8 million for new partnerships between our universities and the early childhood sector.
Quote attributable to Premier Daniel Andrews:
"We said we’d deliver three-year-old kinder, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. This will give kids the very best start in life and save families money on the cost of early childhood education."
Quotes attributable to Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing:
"We are absolutely determined to see every single child reach their full potential and three year-old kinder will help more of our littlest learners to develop the skills, resilience and confidence they need to thrive at school and beyond.
We are so proud to support the early childhood workforce across this region, which will be one of the first parts of the state to deliver funded kinder programs to three-year-olds."
Source: http://gippsland.com/
Published by: support@gippsland.com
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