Early Childhood Equity starts early We can now celebrate that, our youngest Victorians and their families have access to free kindergarten for every three and four-year-old child who attends a funded preschool program.
Early Childhood More than capable Make sure your capability assessments have translated into pay increases within the correct timeframe.
Early Childhood Building on our success As kinder programs expand amid workforce shortages across the sector, we need to maintain our pressure on government to invest in early childhood education.
Early Childhood Unions for Yes The union movement has launched its campaign in support of a Voice to Parliament for First Nations Australians.
Early Childhood In absolute agreement Influence the patterns of EC work by getting involved in the development of your next benchmark agreements.
Early Childhood Stay connected Opening dialogue within your workplace is a strong way to highlight the importance and value of unionism.
Early Childhood Equity begins here after many years of campaigning, Victorian children and their families now have access to free kindergarten for every three and four-year-old.
Early Childhood Early Childhood Conference: Dreaming together! Registrations are open for the AEU’s annual early childhood conference, the best opportunity for us to gather, share and learn.
Early Childhood Future-proofing early childhood education Early childhood teacher Rebecca Simpson is committed to future-proofing her sector’s workforce.
Early Childhood Never too early for climate justice Educators around the globe are standing up for the planet and for the children and students they teach, calling for climate justice.
Early Childhood Funded and expanded kinder a win for all The AEU welcomes the Andrews government’s $9 billion investment in expanded preschool programs for Victorian children in the two years before they start school.
Early Childhood Fair Work increases award wages On 15 June, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down their decision in the annual wage review, granting a 4.6% wage increase for employees employed under an award.
Early Childhood Additional support for early childhood graduates and mentors With the help of our members, the AEU has been able to advocate to ensure additional support for graduate teachers and for their all-important mentors.
Early Childhood Our guide to implementing your early childhood agreement at work With the release of the implementation guide, we revisit some of the changes and and the many gains achieved for members in the VECTEA 2020 and EEEA 2020.
Early Childhood Raising our collective voices Recent announcements about investments in early years education are exciting but they also mean change, which can be confronting.
Early Childhood Time for bold steps from government on building EC workforce The Victorian government’s ambitious agenda for early childhood education needs to be matched by an equally ambitious plan for the sector’s workforce.
Early Childhood Early childhood educator incentives expanded For the first time, there are financial incentives for early childhood educators joining or returning to the sector.
Early Childhood Setting benchmarks for all The two benchmark agreements in the early childhood sector are being implemented amid greater recognition of the importance of early childhood education at both a state and federal level.
Early Childhood High time for two years of kinder across Australia With Victoria leading the way, the federal government is under increasing pressure to introduce universal access to two years of preschool as a basic human right.
Early Childhood Agents of change: achieving universal access to kindergarten After decades of campaigning by AEU members and early childhood advocates, the Victorian and NSW governments are transforming early childhood education.