Starting your career in early childhood

Hi I’m Sandra and I’m an early childhood educator at Tugulawa.

I studied a bachelor in science in ecology and I worked in that industry for a few years but the only jobs I could get were fly in and fly out.

Which was great for a couple of years but I wanted to settle into a career that I could have long term.

So I was thinking what can I do that I can do anywhere really.

Early childhood really ticks a lot of boxes for me, so that’s why I changed over and started studying.

Everyday is new.

I don’t know what to expect when I come in.

I love being active all day and being outdoors is great.

It means supporting children to become strong individuals and confident in themselves, at a time where it’s really enjoyable to share that time with them, like the world is so new to them and it’s really fun to help them explore it and become confident little people.

Pretty much anywhere there is going to be a need for childcare.

My lifestyle actually when I lived rurally, there were job ads for them everywhere.

I’m going to be able to have the lifestyle that I really want.

If you are thinking about getting into early childhood, definitely do it.

There is so many positives to it and you’re impacting the lives of children.

So yeah, do it.

Hi, my name is Jess. I’m an early childhood educator here at Tugulawa and I work in the kindergarten room, and I love it!

I was always really interested in what happened before the school age.

I started my career in Liverpool, there was an opportunity for me to come to Australia. Options were available for me to study here and work at the same time, so it was perfect.

No two days are the same, every day is different.

A lot of different interests flying around the room, so it might be pirates, it might be snakes. It could be anything, and you’ve just got to go with it.

The environment, that’s all based around their interests and really beautiful to see them progress and move on and build that confidence and resilience and make those friendships.

There the really special moments.

I’m studying my early childhood diploma at the moment, whilst working here at Tugulawa.

There's always help from the directors and the educators, and that support network is always there.

It’s the best move I’ve ever made.

You could come in and there's just love straightway, so many hugs and yeah ..

There’s no way you could be sad working here, ever.

It’s like a family, once you’re in there.

If you have a passion for education and young children, then early childhood is the career for you.