The shortage of early childhood and school-age care educators is a significant challenge for regional communities. The CLA has a proven track record of trialing initiatives to attract, recruit, and retain these professionals. Our work in pilot communities has given us valuable insights into what works.
For example, our international recruitment campaign has already shown extraordinary potential. We’ve successfully recruited and housed dozens of dedicated, qualified educators from around the world who are now working in our pilot regional community, Moranbah. This success has proven the model, and we’re now focused on expanding this and other initiatives.
Our impact
As we bring more educators on board, we will immediately see and feel the change. More children will have the ability to attend an early childhood or school-hours care service, which means great experiences for them and new opportunities for their families to work and study.
What we need
The CLA and our partner services need your financial support to make this success a reality. Services need to be able to fund the costs of hiring and housing international educators, and the CLA needs to continue developing and implementing effective strategies.
