Educational and service leadership
Grow your team’s capabilities and enrich your service quality with a suite of professional development, service quality and leadership programs.
Discover mentoring and coaching programs, professional learning and mentoring opportunities to deepen your team’s skills and foster a positive culture of ongoing learning in your workplace.
Teacher incentives and workforce grants can support you to attract and retain skilled early childhood teachers, and the Flying Start Pathways program offers wrap-around support for staff while they study towards a qualification.
Leaders Forums
Professional learning events designed for leaders of Flying Start partner services.
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Professional Networks
Join a dedicated, vibrant community of Early Childhood Teachers in your local area.
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Mentor early career teachers
Develop your skills as a mentor and support provisionally registered teachers achieve full registration.
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Enhancing Quality
Supporting services to reach their quality goals through targeted professional learning and development.
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Early Childhood Teacher Incentives
Generous financial incentives to attract and retain early childhood teachers to your service.
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Workforce Grants
Workforce attraction and retention grants for regional, rural and hard-to-staff communities.
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Multi-disciplinary Workforce
Fostering collaborative and reflective ways of working between allied health professionals and early childhood leaders.
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Extra support and resources
Culturally responsive recruitment, supporting students on placement and staff with a Special Authority to Teach, and onboarding new staff.
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Qualifications and further study
Take your career to the next level with further study.
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Professional learning and development
Training programs, learning resources and professional development opportunities to enhance your professional practice.
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Please note: the role of the Office for Early Childhood Development is to steward the early childhood development system in South Australia. We are not a higher education provider. If you have specific questions related to early childhood courses, we recommend contacting the relevant tertiary education institutions for assistance.