Workforce strategies

Priorities and actions

Consultation and codesign will continue with sector partners to develop and implement the shared strategy, based on:

• professional recognition—to enhance the status and recognition of EC professionals
• qualification skills and pathways—to ensure that EC professionals have opportunities to advance their career
• attracting and maintaining expertise—to focus on attracting and retaining expertise in the EC sector
• enhancing workforce expertise—to ensure a prepared and confident workforce
• strong leadership identity—to inspire leadership excellence across the diverse workforce at every career stage
• health, wellbeing and resilience—to support the wellbeing of EC professionals.

The strategy builds upon Queensland Government’s Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022–2032, which provides a range of workforce related support for employers.

Early childhood recruitment campaign

The Early Childhood recruitment campaign—Shape the future promotes early childhood as a professional career with plenty of opportunities to grow and excel.

The state-wide campaign aims to attract school leavers and career changers to the profession by promoting flexible pathways and rewarding teacher/educator and child interactions. The campaign also targets those already in the early childhood workforce, to use supports available to upskill and grow their own future in the profession.

The campaign features authentic teacher and educator talent from across the sector.

National Children’s Education and Care Workforce Strategy

The National Children's Education and Care Workforce Strategy (2022–31) supports the recruitment, retention, sustainability and quality of the sector workforce.

Facilitated by ACECQA, national sector stakeholders and all Australian governments have co-designed 'Shaping Our Future', a 10-year workforce strategy to help ensure a sustainable, high-quality children's education and care workforce.

The implementation and evaluation plan to support and guide efforts to achieve the objectives of the National Workforce Strategy—Shaping our Future—supports and complements areas of action and commitments outlined in other national strategies, including those which support the Closing the Gap Agreement such as the Early Childhood Care and Development Sector Strengthening Plan (PDF, 533KB).

A complimentary new and enhanced workforce initiatives summary (PDF, 314KB) is also available.