Children's Education and Care Service Director
What the work is
Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the activities of a regulated children's education and care service, including physical and human resources.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Leads the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of educational programs and practices based on an approved learning framework
- Manages the recruitment of staff and coordinates professional development
- Liaises and works in partnership with families, community members and external agencies to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of children
- Manages the financial resources for the regulated children's education and care service
- Maintains service records and documentation
- Directs and supervises educators, staff and visitors
- Develops policies to ensure the service complies with national and/or state-based legislation and the approved learning frameworks
- Leads the day-to-day operational requirements of the service in accordance with national or state legislation and regulatory requirements
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional community early learning centre caring for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A toddler who cried at every drop-off walks in smiling and heads straight for the sandpit
- An educator you encouraged designs a project that has the whole room fascinated for a month
- A family tells you the centre helped them feel less alone in raising their child
Hard days
- A day when illness is going round and the families are worried and so are the staff
- A conversation with parents about their child's development that is hard to start
- Paperwork and rules that keep growing while the children keep needing you in the room
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 141231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.