251131 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher

Role overview

Designs, plans, teaches and evaluates educational programs and practices for young children, including following and implementing an approved learning framework in an early childhood setting.

Use this page to confirm the official title, the parent unit group, the task list and the related ANZSIC industry context before using the occupation in classification, reporting or migration-adjacent workflows.

Tasks

• Develops and delivers educational programs based on an approved learning framework
• Promotes the safety, health, wellbeing, learning and development of young children
• Provides pedagogical leadership
• Coaches, mentors and supervises staff
• Builds and maintains strong reciprocal relationships with young children and their families
• Complies with service policies and national and/or state-based education legislation
• Works in partnership with families, community members and external agencies to promote the education, care and wellbeing of children
• Maintains records of each child's learning, wellbeing, development, participation and progress, and communicates this with families

Skill level guidance

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How to use this occupation page

Start with the official OSCA title and task list. Then confirm the parent unit group and compare the related occupations on this page if the job title is broad, overlapping or used differently across employers.

The ANZSIC links are there to help when the same occupation appears across several industries and you need the business-side classification as well.

Alternative titles

• Kindergarten (Pre-primary School) Teacher
• Preschool Teacher