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

《国家幼儿劳动力战略》（2012年）确定了建立一支规模更大、更合格、更专业、反应更迅速和更协作的儿童保育工作队伍的必要性。这种需要是迫切的。到2014年，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至少具有三级证书资格的工作人员。然而，高更替率、技能流失和达不到现有资格标准的情况依然存在。在全国范围内，正在实施多种战略，以实现新的资格标准，但很少有证据表明其有效性。该项目旨在确定最有效的战略，以减少损失，并增加早期劳动力的专业参与。

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.