PSCQ suggests that services familiarise themselves with Belonging, Being and Becoming - The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, available to download here:

Belonging, Being and Becoming - The Early Years Learning Framework (PDF)

Also available:

National Quality Framework (NQF) Qualifications Required (PDF)

Educator's Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework (PDF)

DEEWR Approved NQF Foundational Session (PowerPoint Presentation)

PSC Alliance‘s National Quality Framework On-line Foundational Session

The Framework was released in 2009. It is the intention of the Commonwealth Government that the Framework will "underpin universal access to early childhood education and be incorporated in the National Quality Standard in order to ensure delivery of nationally consistent and quality early childhood education".  In their fact sheet about the Framework the Commonwealth Government states that "it is expected that early childhood settings will need to provide evidence of their use of the Early Years Learning Framework in designing and delivering their early learning programs".

To access the free Early Years Learning Framework Online Foundation Session developed by the Professional Support Coordinator Alliance - please complete the following online survey

Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) Foundational Session

So what happens now?
PSCQ, like the Professional Support Coordinators in other states and territories, have a key role in assisting services to implement the Early Years Learning Framework within their service. In addition, the Government has commissioned an Educator's Guide to the Framework. They are working together with state and territory governments to develop a range of support strategies for children's services to implement the Framework.

Where can I get a copy of the EYLF or the Educator's Guide?
You can download the PDF using the link above, or to get a hard copy contact DEEWR.

Is there a date for implementation?
Transition begins in July 2010 with the system to be fully operational by January 2012.

Will the EYLF link in to QA and Regulatory requirements?
The EYLF will link in the the QA and regulatory requirements.

Is the EYLF a syllabus or a curriculum framework?
It is a curriculum framework.

Where do we start?
Have a look through the Team Meeting Package (see list of PDFs, right), and check out our resources and services.

What support resources do you have available?
See above.

More information
There is a general Fact Sheet on the Framework and a Parents' Guide to the Framework available in several lenguages at the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Early Years Learning Framework webpage.

The Early Years Learning Framework is one part of the Early Childhood Reforms endorsed by COAG.