Early childhood education and care contact worker
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Contact worker |
METEOR identifier: | 558869 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 |
Definition: | A contact worker is an early childhood education and care worker who is employed, and paid, by an early childhood education and care service provider as a principal/director/coordinator/teacher-in-charge, group leader/teacher, assistant/aide or other contact worker to plan and deliver or support the delivery of an early childhood education program(excludes non-contact workers). |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A contact worker may be employed on a contract, part-time or full-time basis. Delivery (of an early childhood education program) refers to face-to-face delivery of an early childhood education program or distance early childhood education programfor at least one hour per week during the reference period by an early childhood education and care contact worker. Includes contact workers who are usually present to plan and deliver or support the delivery of an early childhood education program, but may have been absent during the reference period due to illness or extended holiday leave and are expected to return. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Early childhood education and care contact worker Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 Has been superseded by Early childhood education and care contact worker Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021 See also Qualified early childhood teacher Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Person (employed)—role of early childhood education and care worker, code N Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Person (employed)—type of work activity, early childhood education and care, code N Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Qualified early childhood teacher Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Qualified early childhood teacher Early Childhood, Superseded 05/07/2022 |