Early Childhood Education Room Leader
What the work is
Provides leadership to Early Childhood Educators and contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of the educational program and practice using an approved learning framework.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Leads a team of educators working with a group of children
- Works in partnership with families, staff, community members and external agencies to promote the development, education, care and wellbeing of children
- Promotes the safety and wellbeing of children
- Supports educators providing education, care and supervision for babies, toddlers and young children
- Complies with, and supports other educators to comply with, service policies and national and/or state-based legislation
- Supports the day-to-day operation of the service
- Maintains records of each child's learning, wellbeing, development, participation and progress, and communicates this with families
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a toddler room in a long day care centre, from the first drop-off to the afternoon pick-up. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A child who would not speak for weeks says your name for the first time
- The room hums along with children deep in play and no one needs you for a moment
- A parent tells you their child talks about you at dinner every night
Hard days
- Three children crying at drop-off and a parent who cannot bear to leave
- A day with a sick bug going around and you are covering for an absent colleague
- A parent who is angry about something that happened that you did not see
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 431131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.