Marg Rogers – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Burn out in early education https://www.openforum.com.au/burnt-out-bedevils-early-education/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:21:33 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42523 Federal and state governments are investing heavily in early education but high rates of staff turnover and burnout makes it harder for services to find enough staff to give families a childcare place for their children.

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COVID highlights early education issues https://www.openforum.com.au/covid-highlights-early-education-issues/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:29:27 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=35685 COVID has exacerbated existing strains and problems in Australia's childcare sector, so we need to stop talking about ideas to change it and take action towards total reform.

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Early childhood educators v box-ticking regulations https://www.openforum.com.au/early-childhood-educators-v-box-ticking-regulations/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:19:38 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=34517 More than two-thirds of Australian early childhood educators report working many extra hours to satisfy regulatory requirements in a new survey of workers in the sector.

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