Identifying effective strategies to grow and sustain a professional early years workforce

《国家早年劳动力战略》(2012年)确定了建立一支更大、更合格、更专业、反应迅速和协作的托儿劳动力队伍的必要性。这一需求是迫切的。到2014年，英联邦立法规定，所有长期日托中心必须有一名合格的教师和最低证书III级的工作人员资格。然而，高流失率、技能流失和未能达到现有资格标准的情况依然存在。在全国范围内，为了达到新的资格标准，正在实施多种战略，但几乎没有证据表明它们的有效性。该项目旨在确定最有效的战略，以减少损失和增加早期劳动力的专业参与度。

The National Early Years Workforce Strategy (2012) identifies the imperative for a larger, more qualified, professional, responsive and collaborative childcare workforce. This need is urgent. By 2014, Commonwealth legislation specifies that all long day-care centres must have a qualified teacher and minimum staff qualification of Certificate III. Yet high turnover, skill loss and failure to meet existing qualification standards persist. Nationally, multiple strategies are being implemented to achieve the new qualification standards but there is scant evidence about their effectiveness. This project aims to identify the most effective strategies to reduce loss and increase professional engagement in the early years workforce.