Early childhood educators are slaves to the demands of box-ticking regulations

  • Written by: Marg Rogers, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England
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More than two-thirds of Australian early childhood educators reported working many extra hours to satisfy regulatory requirements in our 2021 survey. Half did unpaid work during accreditation — the process of demonstrating compliance with all the regulations governing early childhood education. Some were paid for as little as...

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