Every year we like to select a theme for Early Childhood Educators’ Day to add some light and colour to the celebrations, whilst reflecting what’s going on in the early learning sector from an operational and cultural perspective.

We’re delighted to announce that the 2024 theme for Early Childhood Educators’ Day is ‘Embracing diversity has early beginnings‘.

This year we celebrate the vital role that early childhood educators play in fostering a society that values diversity and promotes inclusivity. As the foundation of our future leaders, it is important that young children learn from the very beginning to appreciate and celebrate the little differences that make us all unique. 

In addition to valuing the diversity among our children, we also recognise and celebrate the unique diversity among our early childhood educators. We believe that the variety of their experiences, national and cultural backgrounds and perspectives enriches the educational environment and fosters a more inclusive and supportive community for all. By embracing the diversity of our educators, we create a culture of mutual respect, understanding and creativity that benefits everyone involved.

We hope the 2024 theme strikes a meaningful chord with early learning service providers, the families who attend early learning services and most importantly with our valued early childhood educators.

We’re also delighted to share that our Apparel Sponsor Cargo Crew has brought this design to life with a brand new selection of T-shirts, aprons, tote bags, sun hats and key rings to help your team celebrate Early Childhood Educators’ Day in style!

Watch this space for the launch of Cargo Crew’s in mid July, at which time you can place your online orders for the ‘Embracing diversity has early beginnings‘ apparel.

In the months and weeks leading up to Early Childhood Educators’ Day, we welcome and encourage the support of Australia’s early learning services, sector stakeholders and the media to help spread the message to families and the general community that the event is coming up.

Your organisation can play a role in helping to spread the word by sharing some or all of the communications tools below. By doing so, you are supporting the recognition and celebration of the work of Australia’s early childhood educators. 

We ask that all of our stakeholders respect the nature of the day which is all about community engagement and not about commercial or political gain.

NOTE: Please be aware that the materials below are shared under a Creative Commons Licence, which means you have legal permission to use and share these materials for the purposes of celebrating the event with the community. (There is no need to cite the Australian Childcare Alliance as the creator.) You do not have permission to use the name of the event, the logo or  any of the communications materials provided below for the advertising of the sale of goods or services. 

The Australian Childcare Alliance thanks you in advance for your support of this well-loved, national community event.

If you don’t know much about Early Childhood Educators’ Day, you can read about the purpose of the event here and the history of the event here.