Do you want to work in early childhood education?

About this career

Once known as kindergarten teachers, today’s early childhood educators work with pre-school age children up to the ages of 4 and 5 in a wide variety of education settings - from community and privately owned childcare centres to private schools with early childhood programs.

In Australia, early childhood educators are achieving more recognition for their work, as well as higher status and bigger salaries, as people come to realise the importance of the pre-school years for a child’s development. If you enjoy being around young children, this is an exciting career choice that will offer increasing rewards as time goes by.

How to get there

The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) is a two-year masters program for people who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree. The first intake into this course was in 2008 as part of the Melbourne Model.