Professional development and support

Early childhood education and care educators can access professional development services and resources through organisations including:

• industry groups:
  • Early Childhood Australia
  • Early Childhood Teachers Association
  • Queensland College of Teachers
• peak representative bodies:
  • Family Day Care Association Queensland
  • Queensland Children’s Activities Network
  • Australian Childcare Alliance Queensland
  • The Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K)
  • Queensland Lutheran Early Childhood Services
  • Queensland Catholic Education Commission
  • Independent Schools Queensland
  • Lady Gowrie.

Upgrade your qualifications

You may decide to update your existing qualifications by completing further study and training.

Choose a course from the lists of approved early childhood qualifications.

Financial assistance may be available to help you complete training and further study.

Delivering kindergarten learning programs

Kindergarten teachers who deliver an approved kindergarten program can refer to:

• the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline (PDF, 2.93MB) for support with planning, interacting with children, monitoring and assessing and sharing information in kindergarten contexts
• the Continua of learning and development (PDF, 1.52MB) for advice on how to assess, reflect and make evidence-based judgments about a child’s learning progress
• similar programs accredited by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority such as the C&K Building waterfalls: teaching and learning guidelines.

The guidelines are based on the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (PDF, 170KB) which supports early childhood educators working with children from birth to 5 years.