Cathy Nutbrown is Professor of Education and Director for Research at the School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK where she teachers on post graduate programmes. Cathy´s research interests include: the arts in early years settings; Inclusion; children´s rights; early literacy work with parents, and the ethical issues of research involving young children. Cathy began her career as a teacher of young children and has since worked in a range of settings and roles with children, parents, teachers, and other early childhood educators. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Early Childhood Research. Her publications include 12 books and some 30 journal papers.

Anthony Semann is a Director at Semann & Slattery a research and consulting firm in Sydney and Melbourne. For the past 15 years Anthony has worked as an early childhood teacher, innovator and advocate with a broad range of government, non-government and private organisations. His skills and expertise has seen him work with organisations across Australia and overseas including Columbia University, New York. Anthony has a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), a Master of Arts with merit (Sociology) and is currently completing a PhD exploring the relationship between courage and leadership. Anthony's achievements have been publicly recognised by his peers and the broader community and he has been awarded the Young Manager of the Year Award and the Inaugural Early Childhood Australia Advocate of the Year Award.

Sharon Lynn Kagan is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy, Co-Director of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University and Professor Adjunct at Yale University's Child Study Center. Scholar, pioneer, leader, and advocate, Kagan has helped shaped early childhood practice and policies in the United States and in countries throughout the world. Author of over 250 articles and 14 books, Kagan's research focuses on the institutions that impact child and family life. She consults with numerous international, federal and state agencies, congress, governors, and legislatures; is a member of 40 national boards and panels, and is Past President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and Family Support America. She is the only woman in the history of American Education who has received its three most prestigious awards: the 2004 Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the 2005 James Bryant Conant Award for Lifetime Service to Education from the Education Commission of the States (ECS), and the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education

Erin Birch is a Senior Policy Officer in the Aboriginal Early Years Services Branch in the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). She was recently awarded the Young Indigenous Leader Scholarship by the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria). Erin was also appointed as a Partner Investigator is an Australian Research Council project, Minutes of Evidence: Bringing together public performance, research and education to advance reconciliation through better understanding of Australia's past. Erin commenced her career as a teacher where she implemented Aboriginal history education programs before becoming a Koorie Engagement Support officer where she led a culturally inclusive curriculum project. She has had work published with the Teaching and Learning Network Journal.

Sandie and Frances are lecturers and researchers in early childhood education at Charles Sturt University. They are currently involved in research investigating the factors that contribute to successful collaborative professional practice in Victoria for DEECD. They have a strong interest and commitment to the ways in which early childhood programs can respond to the diverse needs and strengths of their communities. Naomi's research interests include parenting in the early years, parental influence on child language and literacy development, and parenting children and adolescents with complex needs. Naomi has experience in the design and management of a range of large scale research projects employing a range of designs including complex randomised controlled trials. In addition to her role at the Parenting Research Centre, Naomi is a lecturer and tutor at Swinburne University of Technology.

Chris is a Melbourne based Ergonomist with over 20 years of experience. He has assisted a broad range of industries to develop strategies to reduce injury risks and has been instrumental in incorporating ergonomics into vehicle and equipment design in the ambulance and firefighting industries in Australia and North America. In 2009 he won an inaugural award for technical innovation for his work in the US ambulance industry. In 2010 Chris was engaged by WorkSafe Victoria to evaluate injury risks and help devise risk control strategies for the Children's Services industry. Chris worked closely with KPV on this project. Zora is the Project Coordinator of the KPV OHS Champions Project which has assisted in identifying OHS hazards and developing OHS resources for the early years sector. Zora has collaborated with WorkSafe Victoria to develop the Children's services – occupational health and safety compliance kit. Zora has established the KPV Children's Services Reference Group with representation from the sector's major stakeholders. She has 20 years experience in Industrial Relations and recently completed her Diploma of OHS at RMIT.

Chris is the Manager of Port Phillip's Family Youth and Children Department. His responsibilities include the planning and provision of children's services, maternal and child health services, family support and youth services. Chris is responsible for enlivening Council's commitment to integrated models of service delivery. He has been at the forefront of efforts to establish new integrated family and children's centres in the municipality - that have resulted in change for some long-established kindergartens.

Vicky Matthews is the Manager of Children's Services for the Shire of Melton. She has a significant history within Children's Services, Housing and Youth Services. Her current responsibilities include Maternal Child Health, Child Care, Best Start, Early Intervention, Playgroups, Kindergartens and Family Day care. Vicky is passionate and excited by the challenges of planning strategically to meet the ever increasing needs of a diverse and growing community.

Jan, Early Years Consultant with the MAV, has been working with all Victorian councils to plan for 15 hours universal access to early childhood education by 2013 and has identified that appropriate infrastructure provision is critical to the success of this reform – with all 79 councils owning early childhood facilities across the state.

Anoo is an occupational therapist and has worked within paediatrics for the past 21 years, especially within early childhood intervention. Anoo is passionate about working closely with parents and carers of children and believes in family centred practice, play and inclusion for all children. During her career, Anoo has practiced individualised therapy provision, group work, consultancy and works closely within a team of professionals, teachers and parents as members of the team. Anoo is now dedicating some of her time to research and has been undertaking this research project with Yooralla's KISS program to study inclusive practices within mainstream kindergarten. Ann Slater is an Early Childhood Teacher, Kinder Inclusion Support Services with 30 years experience in early childhood intervention and early childhood programmes. Ann is passionate about inclusion and pioneered the Inclusion 4 year old kindergarten programme at Narre Warren.

How and why children play has underpinned Prue Walsh's role as an early childhood professional whose expertise has focused on the planning of enriching play settings. In consulting and designing for over 3000 play facilities, Prue has drawn on a detailed understanding of how children respond to settings, and how settings can provide children and teachers with vibrant play opportunities. Over a professional career of 25 years, Prue has developed an international profile in the physical environment field. This experience has informed her published material including, "Best Practice Guidelines" and her advocacy relating to desirable improvements in teaching requirements, safety and user needs. The draft National Quality Standard (2010) Quality Area 3, is of great interest to Prue.

Sarah is a skilled teacher who uses drama and dance to enhance the early years and primary curriculum. She works in the arts with people ranging from three year old to adults as well as lecturing at University of Melbourne in the Graduate School of Education. Sarah has worked for many years with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra developing and performing in their early years program. Her work with children uses drama and dance to create stories and dances that allow the children's voice to be at the forefront of the work. Sarah is interested in working with teachers to enhance their creativity, which she believes will then enrich their program. She likes to encourage teachers to work with young children and the arts, by developing their confidence and knowledge of the art form.

Anita is a NAATI level 3 accredited interpreter and translator, a qualified secondary teacher of ESL, Humanities and Italian with 10 years teaching experience. She has worked for DEECD as an Italian Consultant and has worked in DEECD regional office as a LOTE program officer and as an ESL program officer. In her roles, Anita has developed curriculum for primary and secondary LOTE and ESL teachers and developed and delivered ESL and LOTE professional learning opportunities for teachers and leadership teams. In her current role she has coordinated the development of the Karen Bilingual Kindergarten Pilot Program in partnership with Wyndham City Council. Janet has worked in early childhood for the past 28 years. Janet is the Kindergarten Unit Leader for Wyndham City, a position she has held for the last 4.5 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood and has 11 years experience working in a LDC service that predominantly provided for newly arrived immigrants. Janet coordinated the implementation of the Karen Bilingual Kindergarten Pilot Program for Wyndham City in partnership with DEECD.

Louise currently teaches music in the Bachelor of Education at Victoria University. She conducts professional development on a range of topics nationally including language and literature. Louise is one of the facilitators delivering the professional development for Community Child Care (CCC) on the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF).

Pat has a background in teaching in the early childhood field working with children and families and is the author if three publications Getting Good Speech Going and two group work manuals for professionals Out of the Mainstream and From Strength to Strength. Pat teaches at Swinburne University in Child and Family Services in both undergraduate and post graduate courses and is team leader of the Parenting Program at Australian Childhood Foundation. Pat has recently received her Masters of Education focusing on relationships between families and professionals in the early childhood sector.

Kylie is a Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at CEIEC in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) and Centre Director at the University of Melbourne's Swanston Street Children's Centre. In her work with the CEIEC, Kylie leads the research program Citizenship and children. She has been actively involved in leading consultations with young children in curriculum and policy making in the early years. Dr Jane Page is Acting Director of CEIEC, a Senior Lecturer and holds a number of leadership positions in the MGSE. She has worked in the early childhood field for fifteen years in a range of roles including Director and Practitioner of early childhood services and as well as teaching in the University sector. Jane is actively involved in a number of committees linked to the early childhood industry.

John Forster is the Chief Executive Officer of Noah's Ark Inc, a state-wide organisation that supports over 1000 families who have a young child with a developmental delay or disability and over 2000 child care and kindergarten programs including children with additional needs in Victoria. He is past National President of Early Childhood Intervention Australia and a member of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council. A twin focus of inclusion and families has led to Noah's Ark commissioning of a range of reports including: New Frontiers in Early Childhood Inclusion (2002), A framework that addresses the social dimensions of disability (2003), Inclusion in children's services: The next steps (2006), The outcomes of inclusion: what the stakeholders say (2009) and Looking at the world differently: The experience of having a child with additional needs (2009). These reports have supported the ongoing evolution of services. In 2010 Noah's Ark produced DVDs on Inclusion and the Key Worker role. John focused on poverty issues prior to joining Noah's Ark in 2000.

Matthew Dawson has been working in children's services since 1989. Matthew has worked as a children's services consultant, coordinator and team leader in a number of small, medium and large organisations. Matthew has a Bachelor of Arts and a Postgraduate Diploma of IT Management. After many years in the school aged childcare sector, Matthew has been working at Golden Plains Shire Council since 2006 and is responsible for delivering a diverse program portfolio including maternal and child health, LDC, family day care, kindergarten, occasional care, early years projects and municipal early years planning.

Amy is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Amy commenced her career as a primary school teacher in Queensland. Her research is clearly in the area of children's and teachers' thinking and experiences in environmental education in a range of contexts and spaces (including schools, garden spaces, teacher education, higher education, outdoor education, children's literature, research, science education, community and early years settings). Amy is finalising a book about ecologising education and research about experiencing environment and place through children's literature. She is the editor of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education and was recently awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award, an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and Australian Learning and Teaching Council Teaching Award in 2010. Susan has research and teaching interests in the area of cultural historical theory, elearning, curriculum and pedagogy. She has won several awards for teaching excellence, including the 2004 Monash University Award for Excellence in Online Teaching (with Marie Hammer); a 2006 citation from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for the design and implementation of innovative teaching practices; the 2007 Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence; and most recently, a teaching award from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council in the Early Career category. Susan has also recently completed a fellowship as a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (2009). She is a lead researcher on a project with Amy Cutter-Mackenzie titled Examining play-based approaches to teaching and learning in early childhood education and care.

Annette is a Taungurung woman and the director of Yarn Strong Sista. Annette works as a consultant to provide support and information for educators who aim to deliver an Indigenous inclusive curriculum. These programs include training, storytelling, and educational resources. Yarn Strong Sista promotes both traditional and contemporary Indigenous culture, people and values.
Priscilla is a descendent of the Gamilaroi nation in NSW, has worked as an early childhood and primary teacher and is currently working with Yarn Strong Sista as a consultant. She is the designer of Spin A Yarn – Indigenous storytelling resource and worked with Annette to develop the 'Bush Tucker Surprise box' for 'Go for your life Diabetes Victoria' and 5 kits for the Free Kindergarten Association supporting Indigenous Perspectives in early childhood settings and out of school hours care services.

Anne Kennedy and Anne Stonehouse work as consultants, writers, researchers and trainers in early childhood. They were both members of the Charles Sturt University consortium responsible for writing Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia. In 2010 they began a DEECD funded project to develop a handbook on the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework's Practice Principles. The handbook is based on practice evidence gained from case studies undertaken in a wide range of service types and settings in Victoria.

Rosemary Roberts has worked in nursery, primary and higher education, and in the voluntary sector; as practitioner, manager, trainer and writer. She holds a post-graduate Diploma in Psycho-analytic Observational Studies from the Tavistock Clinic, and a PhD in early childhood. She was a founder director of Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), working with Sure Start programmes in the UK. She is author of Self Esteem and Early Learning (3rd ed., 2006, London, SAGE); and Wellbeing from Birth (2010, London, SAGE). Her interests include wellbeing and learning from birth; transition resilience; and supporting families with the youngest children.

Sue is a lecturer in early childhood education at RMIT University and has experience over many years in diverse early childhood settings. She is a long term advocate of education for sustainability and in particular, natural outdoor playspaces. Sue is co-author of several books including Early Childhood Environmental Education: Making It Mainstream and edited The Outdoor Playspace: Naturally. She is convenor of the Australian Association for Environmental Education Early Childhood Special Interest Group and completing doctoral studies investigating sustainable outdoor playspaces at the University of New England.

Nicole Pilsworth is an Early Childhood Educator, with a Bachelor of Education (EC) and Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. She has been working in Children's Services for the past 20 years and has worked in a variety of child care and kindergarten settings in both NSW and Victoria. More recently she has been employed as a TAFE teacher and Early Childhood trainer. Currently Nicole works in local government as an early childhood development professional, working with staff across both kindergarten and childcare settings supporting their understandings and implementation of contemporary curriculum, including the new Curriculum Frameworks and National Reform Agenda. Nicole is a member of ECA and a strong advocate for the rights of young children.

Helen is an Early Years Educator and a registered Maternal and Child Health Nurse with an extensive background and experience in management, teaching, group facilitation and clinical expertise. Since 2006 Helen has managed early year's projects for Family and Children's Services at Hume City Council. In 2009 Helen continued pedagogical leadership to support a case study research trial for both EYLF and VEYLDF to effect the 2010 implementation of the national Early Years Framework across Hume City Council's Early Years Services. In 2011 Helen will manage the introduction of a pilot PEDS (Parent evaluation of developmental status) trial - a multidisciplinary partnership approach with Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurses and Early Years' Educators to enable early intervention to ensure health, learning, development and wellbeing outcomes for all children. This experience, along with strong academic qualifications, has cultivated a deep appreciation of the importance and passion for leadership across both the Early Childhood sector and Maternal and Child Health to encourage innovative thinking and creative approaches to improving outcomes in early childhood.
Gayle is an experienced Maternal and Child Health Nurse who has worked at Hume City Council since 2002. Since 2005 Gayle has helped the service evolve from a team of 2 MCH nurses to a large multidisciplinary team that encompasses EMCH service, Parent Support Workers and an Outreach team. Working as part of a team Gayle helped to create and pilot the Babies in Hume program (an early parenting support program) now operating across Hume. Gayle's piloted and ran the current service model which is a strong partnership approach in the Broadmeadows area involving integrating the Maternal and Child Health role across early year's services including Kindergartens, Childcare Centres and Playgroups to facilitate the early detection of any health or developmental issues and provide referral to appropriate services for early intervention. In 2010 Gayle oversaw the expansion of the Outreach Team and its incorporation into a local Primary School from where the team now operates, expanding their service into several of the local Primary Schools. Gayle has a strong belief in family centred practice and a passion for working in creative and innovative ways to support families in her community.
Lori is an Early Years Educator whose career began as a mothercraft nurse working with infants moving to a supervisory administration position responsible for the day to day operation of a childcare centre and sessional kindergarten and in 2002 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Early Childhood Education. In 2002 Lori commenced as a kindergarten teacher with Hume City Council and has completed professional training in occupational health and safety, mentor training, developed techniques and skills in pedagogical documentation in the Reggio approach and National Early Years framework. In addition she has established a successful school transition program in her local community to ensure a positive transition from preschool and childcare to primary school. Lori is a dedicated and enthusiastic early year's educator who seeks to provide children with opportunities to develop and learn to their full potential and work in partnerships families and their children. Collaboration with peers including a strong relationship with a co-located MCH nurse has nurtured her involvement in the 2011 PEDS trial, to establish a partnership approach and additional community support for families to ensure all children have a strong sense of wellbeing.

Dr Amelia Church is a Lecturer in Early Childhood in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) at the University of Melbourne. Her teaching with postgraduate students focuses on qualitative research methodologies in education and children's early language and literacy development. Amelia's research is children's social interactions, including developmental pragmatics, conversation analysis in early childhood, and documenting how teachers and children co-construct learning through talk-in-interaction. Angie Mashford-Scott and Caroline Cohrssen are PhD candidates in the MGSE at the University of Melbourne. Angie's Masters research project and thesis investigated how early childhood teachers promote children's agency in the resolution of their peer disputes. Angie has 8 years of practical experience in the early childhood field, including in long day care and local government (as an Inclusion Support Facilitator). Her research focuses on children's inclusion, participation and agency in early childhood settings; social development; and social capital development. Caroline's Masters research project explored the various ways in which teachers facilitate the resolution of children's peer disputes. Her doctoral study is nested within the E4Kids Project Caroline's own research investigates the impact of teachers' enactment of a set of playbased maths activities with three-to-five year olds.

Leanne is an Early Childhood Educator with 25 years experience. She has taught in rural Victoria as well as Melbourne in a variety of settings: LDC, Playgroups, Government and Independent Kindergartens and TAFE. Leanne currently works full time as Director and Teacher for 60 children aged 3-5 years in a community stand-alone kindergarten, in Blackburn Victoria. Leanne has participated in two study programs in Reggio Emilia in 1999 and 2005. She is Secretary of the Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange and Co-ordinator of the City of Whitehorse Kindergarten Network Group. Relationships with children, families, colleagues and the wider community and the connections between them are the key to Leanne's work and experiences as an educator. Pedagogical documentation and listening are also paramount to Leanne.

Marg has worked as an Early Childhood Professional for over 15 years in a variety of roles and is currently the Program Manager at FKA Children's Service. Other professional experience includes working as a children's services consultant with a early childhood peak body, director of a LDC setting and teaching positions in Victoria and NSW. Marg is passionately committed to quality, inclusive early childhood services for all children, families and staff. She has developed and delivered workshops and seminars at TAFE, conferences and early childhood services on programming, anti-bias curriculum, cultural and linguistic diversity, developing English as a second language and governance.

Tamba has both an Associate Diploma in Welfare and a Bachelor of Social Work and 20 years experience working in the community services sector and has worked with families in crisis, homeless youth, the Family & Federal Courts of Australia, disability services and intensive mental health. Sue is a qualified Preschool Mothercraft Nurse and has a Diploma in Community Welfare and Counseling and Certificate IV Workplace Assessor. Sue has extensive experience in the early childhood field having worked in various child care centres, preschools and family support within the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health sector. Sue has also worked with Early Parenting Centres and was a sessional lecturer of early childhood studies at Victoria University. As part of a state wide project funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services, Tamba and Sue are the Senior Early Childhood Development Coordinators for the Western Child and Family Services Alliance and auspiced by Caroline Chisholm Society in Moonee Ponds.

Andrea is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood in the School of Education, Victoria University, Melbourne. Before joining the university sector she had extensive experience teaching in early childhood education settings as well as in primary schools. Andrea has conducted research in both schools and kindergartens and has worked on a number of State, National and international projects concerning literacy development, program evaluation, and professional learning for teachers. She has shared the findings of her research with the field through seminars and workshops at key national and international conferences and in recent publications. Her research interests include the use of reflective practice as a way to enhance teachers' professional growth and development, leadership and the implications for practice, children's play and learning, and early childhood pedagogy.

Jennifer is currently a project officer in the Programs Unit at the Centre for Community Child Health. She completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and Social Research Planning and Development at La Trobe University. Since joining the Centre in April 2008, Jen's primary focus has been on the Linking Schools and Early Years project. Jen now manages the Linking Schools and Early Years project and works on a range of other projects across the Programs Unit. Some of these have included developing supporting AEDI resources and community case studies, Communities for Children evaluations and integrated service delivery planning within communities. Alexandra is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and has completed a Master of Public Health. Alex commenced work with the Centre for Community Child Heath in October 2009 and in her role as Project Officer she is working on the Victorian Government funded Integrated Service Development project which forms part of the Platforms Redevelopment Framework. Alex has also worked with the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute on the Australian Government Project 'Get Up and Grow' Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and Care Settings. Alex has experience as a university lecturer and tutor and currently coordinates the Child Public Health elective as part of the Victorian Consortium Master of Public Health degree.

Deborah Warr is a VicHealth Senior Research Fellow at the McCaughey Centre. She is a sociologist and currently a Chief Investigator on a number of complex multidisciplinary and mixed-methods projects that are broadly concerned with the social determinants of health for populations experiencing socio-economic and other disadvantages. This work explores social determinants of health, issues of social connection and participation, effects of racial discrimination, evaluating health promotion interventions and the impacts of locational disadvantage for health. This work also reflects a commitment to the value of collaborative research methods for conducting research with disadvantaged populations, and enhancing the capacity of communities to achieve positive changes through their involvement in research. Rosemary Mann is a research fellow at the McCaughey Centre, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, University of Melbourne. She is a medical anthropologist with extensive experience working with marginalised and disadvantaged communities. Her current research interests explore the intersections between place, social inequalities, health and wellbeing. Danielle Forbes is a medical student at the University of Melbourne. She has been involved in a research project exploring the perceptions of service providers towards families with young children living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods as part of an 'Advanced Medical Science' project that is undertaken in years 3-4.

Jenny has a Bachelor of Science (Psychology (Hons)) and has managed Alpine Children's Services (ACS) for more than five years. During this time ACS has grown in its breadth and quality of services. She recently participated in the 'Leading People in Early Childhood Settings' course presented by the Bastow Institute. Susan has been the Director of Marketing & Programs on the ACS Committee of Management for over 3 years. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from RMIT and has over 10 years solid working experience in marketing. Together they are advocating environmental education and practices in the early childhood sector.

Helen is a trained early childhood and primary teacher and is coordinating the Victorian Early Years Coaching program at Gowrie Victoria which is focused on embedding the EYLF and VEYLDF into practice across a range of early childhood service. She has worked and trained in primary schools, kindergartens and the child care sector where she has gained valuable insight into the transition between these settings and the strength of each learning environment. Helen has extensive experience in leadership, motivation and team development where and has led many projects that connect with educators, business owners and parents. She has a passion for building quality relationships between educators, children and their families.

Galina is a qualified and experienced music and voice training teacher. She was trained in Moscow and founded and directed several children's choirs there. During the last eighteen years in Australia she has worked with the Australian Children's Choir, the Australian Girls' Choir and has taught music from early childhood to VCE in a number of private schools in Melbourne. Galina is the founder of Bonkers Beat Music Kinder, which features music as an integral part of the whole curriculum including yoga, meditation, physical development, art, craft, language programs and numeracy.

Leah completed a BA Family Studies from the School of Social Work at Curtin University in 1997. Since that time her practice has focused on building strengths and resilience for children and their families. She is currently working as the Manager of Family and Community Services for Boronia Pre release Centre for Women in Western Australia assisting women prisoners to understand the principles and practices of raising their children within an environment that encourages self esteem and confidence building. Past achievements have included presenting papers from a strengths based perspective both internationally and locally, establishing and developing parenting support programs as well as working with people who have intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.

Rosie Pizzi is the Manager of the Early Learning Participation unit, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. She has a BA, Grad Dip in Education and is studying for her Masters in Public Policy. Rosie oversees the work of Kindergarten Cluster Management across the state, the Early Start Kindergarten program and the implementation of Universal Access to Early Childhood Education in Victoria. With over twenty years experience working with children and families, Rosie also was responsible inlocal government for the accreditation of council owned child care centres, the amalgamation of three family day care schemes and provision of parent support programs.