You do get more pay and better conditions as a teacher compared to a diploma in long day care. Teachers are on a different award so you're entitled to more planning hours which is good... and like I said you can often negotiate extra holidays.
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You do get more pay and better conditions as a teacher compared to a diploma in long day care. Teachers are on a different award so you're entitled to more planning hours which is good... and like I said you can often negotiate extra holidays.
Emma09 as of next year (I think) all LDC centres in Vic have to employ someone with a Bachelor qualification for a minimum of 20 hours a week, now I know in regional Vic there will not be enough people with the qual to go around. Also from 2013 (if it all stays the same) all Vic kindergartens will have to offer 15hours of funded kindergarten a week for 4 year old kinder, this means that where one kinder teacher has taught two groups of children for kinder they wont be able to anymore as there will be too many preparation hours and contact hours for their working week. So my point is there will be heaps of work in the next few years for kinder teachers, and a lot of it may be part time. The 15 hours is necesarily definate at this stage but having a bachelor qualified person in all LDC centres is. Good luck
Edit - just wanted to clarify that all of the above only applies in Victoria
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