In each preschool all staff including directors, teachers and early childhood workers work together as a team to provide high quality education for children.
As a team, they share common interests in job security, working conditions, career development and salary justice. These common interests are best protected and improved by the AEU which works exclusively in the education industry. As a large and effective union, we are able to protect and improve your conditions and pay.
Recent gains for Early Childhood members
- Increased permanency for teachers, early childhood workers and school services officers.
- Substantial salary increases for all preschool employees through Enterprise Bargaining.
- Maintenance of early childhood leadership positions
- Increased leadership administration time
- Country incentives for preschool teachers and directors
- Increased national recognition of early childhood education
- Six weeks paid maternity and adoption leave for preschool employees.
- Early Childhood Consultative Committee
The Early Childhood Consultative Committee is a group of fifteen elected annually. The Committee provides information and advice to AEU Branch Executive on matters which affect members working in early childhood settings. The Committee is representative of the members who work in country and metropolitan Preschools, Child Parent Centres and junior Primary Schools.
Articles
- Nominate for the 2012 Early Childhood Consultative Committee
Nominations are open for the 2012 Early Childhood Consultative Committee. > Read more
- Dr Clyde Hertzman Seminar
Recorded while on a recent visit to Adelaide, Dr Clyde Hertzman talks to educators about his work around population health and human development with an emphasis on early childhood development. > Read more
- Brought to you by your union: October 14 pay rise
After two years of enterprise barganing, member action and arbitration, the AEU delivered pay increases ranging from 14.25% and 21.3% to AEU members in early 2010. > Read more
- Preschool Workload Review survey goes live
Arising from the 2010 Arbitrated Enterprise Bargaining Award, preschool teachers and directors are asked to complete this important workload survey. > Read more
- More conversions to permanency
Intensive AEU campaigning in 2009 delivered 500 permanent positions for ECWs and SSOs. In addition, the AEU achieved 800 conversions to permanency in the past two terms as part of our new Award implementation. > Read more
- National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education
The National Quality Framework (NQF) is an agreement between the federal government and state and territory governments regarding a new regulatory framework which will govern all early childhood settings. > Read more
- Consultative Committee nomination form
Complete and return this form to nominate for AEU committees. > Read more
- Preschool salary rates
Preschool teachers and directors schedule as of October 1, 2010 > Read more
- Stage 2 Arbitration Decision summary for Early Childhood Educators
Both parts of the Arbitrated Decision have resulted in some very significant gains for preschool members. > Read more
- Early Childhood issues addressed in AEU submission
The AEU has made a submission to the National Professional Standards for Teachers Consultation. Included in the submission is a section on Early Childhood Education. > Read more
- New PSD 4 Classification for preschool directors
The AEU has been successful in arguing for the creation of a new PSD 4 level classification for Preschool Directors in a number of our more complex sites. > Read more
- AEU monitoring Universal Access roll-out
The allocation of additional resources provided as part of the Federal Government’s Universal Access initiative continues to roll out in Category 1 preschools and child parent centres. > Read more
- Early childhood positions will go with amalgamations
The current allocation of state funding to the expansion of amalgamations and closures under Education Works stage 2 will be finalised at the end of June. > Read more
- New body to oversee national Early Childhood Development Strategy
During 2009, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a wide-ranging package of reforms for early childhood. > Read more
- Opinion piece: Starting School in SA
In this opinion piece, Jean Horan Kindergarten teacher Theresa Golin asks if children would be better placed for the future if they spend more time in Reception. > Read more