My political issue is a question: What is the level of
qualification for teachers in early childhood care and education that would
provide a quality service? This debate has been ongoing for the past 15 years.
I am
interested in this political issue because there is evidence that suggests
children’s education is being negatively affected by the policy change to 50%-
80% qualified teaching staff. Early Childhood Council CEO Peter Reynolds (2014),
argued that “Low quality care should not be acceptable anywhere in the early
childhood sector, and certainly not for our most at-risk of children- the ones
for whom a quality early childhood education could mean the difference between
job and jail.” Therefore I am researching the level of qualification required
to provide quality early childhood care and education.
