- Published by:
- Department of Education
- Date:
- 6 Feb 2025
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Welcome to 2025
Looking ahead to an exciting year in early childhood education in Victoria.
Welcome to a new year of learning
Resources to help you mark the start of the year and share information with families about 2025 programs.
New early learning and childcare centres now open
The first 4 government-run centres will help families access early childhood education and care.
Kinder Kits are here for 2025!
Find out who’s eligible to receive kits, when to expect your order and how to promote them.
Introducing Arrival
The new system for kindergarten reporting is live.
Support for services to expand their education programs
Access our new change management toolkit to help your service deliver more hours of funded kindergarten programs.
Complying with Australia’s Foreign Relations Act
School and school council-run early childhood services interested in forming new or varying existing foreign arrangements in 2025 must contact the department by 14 March 2025.
Learn more about the skilled visa nomination program
Reminder to join a free one-hour webinar on 18 February 2025.
Looking after your health and wellbeing
Free counselling and other services are available for early childhood teachers and educators.
Be You
Build your capacity to promote mental health and wellbeing in your learning community through this Beyond Blue initiative.
Effective Mentoring Program for experienced teachers
Complete the free program and help provisionally registered teachers to gain full registration. Dates start from 7 February 2025.
Coaching supports for early childhood professionals
Share these opportunities with both early career and experienced teachers and educators to help develop their careers.
Reflecting on leadership
How the Victorian Educational Leadership Program helped Rachael McBrien revitalise her approach to leadership. Applications for the Term 2 program close 28 February 2025.
Helping early childhood education trainees with Gaining the Edge
How a partnership between Chisholm Institute of TAFE and Foundation Learning Centre is helping boost the early childhood education workforce.
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