Thank you, early childhood educators!
Wednesday 3 September is
Early Childhood Educators' Day—an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable role of early childhood educators and teachers across Queensland.
Throughout Queensland, more than 52,800 early childhood educators and teachers in 3,344 services set critical foundations for learning and wellbeing for more 333,000 children. Working in long day care, outside school hours care, kindy, family day care or early years places, early childhood educators are essential to ensuring that children and families start strong and thrive, now and into their future.
The Australian Childcare Alliance's (ACA) theme for the 2025 Early Childhood Educators' Day is 'Together We All Shine!'. The theme celebrates the teamwork among educators and the meaningful, important relationships they build with the children in their care.
There are many ways to
get involved and celebrate Queensland's dedicated early childhood educators.
Why we celebrate
Voices of our educators
'What I love most about my job is that I get to help children understand that they belong to this world and create memorable moments with them.'—Shanyce, educator*
'[I love] watching the children's capability in the infant space… it warms my heart to see the transformation of educators and families as they see each child as truly capable and begin trusting the children with more and more responsibility.'—Jane, centre manager
'I realised I was shaping the future of the children I worked with when I taught my toddler class how to speak in sign language. It made such a difference for the children to be able to communicate, I really have a strong passion for supporting children's communication skills.'—Renee, lead educator
'For me, it’s the small conversations. Often, listening is more important that talking—when a child has made the effort to look for you, grab you, and they're asking for your time, that's where the moments of growth happen.'—Anita, centre director
Children's voices—what my educator means to me*
'I love that my teachers take us to Bush Kindy. My teachers always take care of us.'—Bernie, 4 years
'My teacher means a lot to me, she makes me happy when I’m sad. My teacher helps me clean up.'—Ava, 5 years
'I love my teacher. She teaches me about the sun.'—Victoria, 3 years
'My teachers always talk to me about dancing and we always dance together. When we dance I feel happy and loved.'—Nancy, 3 years
*Quotes are from the new
Queensland Early Childhood Workforce Strategy. Read more
educator testimonials from our Shape the future recruitment campaign.