Financial support for your career in early childhood
Access funding to support your study, professional development, or day-to-day work in the early childhood sector.
Getting started in the early childhood sector
New to early childhood? This guide covers what you need to know - plus the support, incentives and opportunities available to help you get started.
Move to Victoria to teach kindergarten
Qualified to teach early childhood? Discover job opportunities in Victoria, with relocation support, financial incentives, and guidance on migration and registration.
Professional development and career support
Get support to grow your career in early childhood. Find coaching, training, and financial help tailored to your goals. Explore leadership opportunities, stay informed about changes in the sector, and take part in events for your professional development.
Guidance and resources
Kindergarten Sector Guide
Find key information about the Best Start, Best Life reforms and the support available to help children access and take part in kindergarten.
Health, safety and wellbeing in early childhood services
Requirements and guidance for keeping children safe in early childhood services.
Learning in the early years
Information for early childhood professionals about learning in the early years.
Running an early childhood service
Industry regulation, assessment and rating, and requirements for running a service.
Early Childhood Update
Arrival – kindergarten attendance data collection
Collecting and reporting attendance data using Arrival is progressing.
NAIDOC Week 2025
Use resources to celebrate First Nations culture and history, and register to attend the Victorian Koorie Early Years Exhibition Showcase on 2 August 2025.
Helping children from priority groups access more hours of kindergarten
How eligible children are being supported with more hours of Three-and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
Celebrate the power of play and recognise its role in children’s development and wellbeing, on 11 June 2025.
Complying with Australia’s Foreign Relations Act
School and school council-run early childhood services interested in forming new or varying existing foreign arrangements in 2025, must contact the department by 15 August 2025.
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