Financial incentives are now available to attract qualified early childhood educators and teachers to work in services delivering Three-Year-Old Kindergarten next year.
For educators
Incentives of $9,000 are available for eligible educators working outside funded kindergarten services, or relocating from interstate or New Zealand, to take up a role in a funded kindergarten program at any service delivering Three-Year-Old Kindergarten in 2023.
There are also $9,000 educator location incentives available for eligible educators to take up a role in a funded kindergarten program at selected services. The department will notify services if they are pre-approved to offer an educator location incentive.
For teachers
Individual incentives of $9,000 are available for eligible early childhood teachers working outside the Victorian early childhood sector, or relocating from interstate or New Zealand, to take up a role at any service delivering, or planning to deliver, funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten in 2023.
There are also location incentives between $9,000 and $50,000 available for eligible early childhood teachers to take up a role at selected services. The department will notify providers if their services are pre-approved to offer a location incentive.
Eligible teacher and educator applicants who meet the criteria for location and individual incentives can receive both payments.
A relocation supplement of up to $8,000 is also available for teacher and educator incentive recipients who move more than 200 kilometres to take up a role.
Find out more
Find out more For further information about financial incentives, refer to financial support to study and work in early childhood.
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