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Casual, Fixed‑Term, or Permanent? What Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know
It’s becoming common for early childhood services to place teaching staff on casual or fixed‑term contracts - when the role is ongoing and really should…
Independent Contractor or Employee? What Home‑Based Educators and Nannies Need to Know
If you work in your own home under a licensed home‑based agency, or in a family’s home as a nanny or home‑based educator, you may…
Sick Leave: Key Rights and Rules for Teachers and Staff
Learn your paid sick leave rights - and what every person who works in early childhood settings needs to know to protect themselves, their income,…
Lunch, Rest, and Breastfeeding Breaks – What You Must Receive and What to Do When You Don’t
Early childhood employees have legal rights to rest, meal, and breastfeeding breaks. Working with young children is rewarding -but it’s also busy, demanding, and nonstop.…
CV Writing and Making a Good Job Application
Applying for an Early Childhood Job. Having a great application is important for getting the job you want. Your initial application may be the only…
Becoming a Home-based Educator
The Joys, the Disappointments, and Why One Home-based Educator Knows She Has Made the Right Job Choice. After nine years working in early childhood centres…
Relieving Work – Relief Teaching
Working as a Reliever in ECE. Most permanent early childhood teachers will have experienced relievers within their services, either from an agency or permanent relievers…
Bullying Experienced by Teachers – Personal Stories
Bullying Experienced by Teachers. In the following accounts, teachers real names have not been used for fear of reprisals. The stories below were told individually…
Non-Contact Time Needs and Your Entitlement
Early Childhood Teacher Non-Contact Time. At centres and home-based services, teachers or educators have a wide range of responsibilities in their roles and finding time…
Volunteers and Unpaid Workers in ECE – Your Rights
Voluntary work in ECE. There are many examples in the early childhood sector of different ways employers may rely on free labour, such as: I…
