24 AugThree-Year-Old Kindergarten enrolment and recruitment communications tools
From the Victorian Department of Education and Training …
As universal funded three-year-old kindergarten is being introduced across Victoria in 2022, the Victorian Department of Education and Training is providing additional resources to assist providers and services in explaining what the reform is and how local families can engage with it, as well as to support you in efforts to recruit new staff. Please share these resources with your services and staff.
Resources to encourage families to enrol:
- New communication materials: social media posts, template text for your newsletter/website, postcards and posters and a range of new fact sheets.
- Translated materials: brochures and postcards in more than 50 languages and plain English.
- Printed resources: printed resources can be ordered at no cost to services.
Resources to support recruitment:
We encourage you to plan your staffing needs and any recruitment required as early as possible, to ensure that you are ready to deliver a funded program next year. To support your recruitment efforts, please access:
- New recruitment kit for employers: recruitment tips and strategies to attract candidates to vacancies.
- Financial incentives: between $9,000 and $50,000 for qualified early childhood teachers to take up a teaching position in priority services delivering three-year-old kindergarten. Eligible service providers have been sent a letter to advise them of their available incentives.
- New Early Childhood Jobs Board: a free online recruitment platform where you can post job ads for free and connect with candidates.
