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Childcare Educators Spend Less than 30% of Their Time in Focused Interaction with Children
AUSTRALIA, JUL 16 – More than 75% of early childhood educators work nine unpaid hours weekly, causing mental exhaustion and reducing quality of care, a University of Sydney study found.
- On Wednesday, a University of Sydney-led study linked heavy educator workloads to lower care quality, surveying 570 early childhood educators.
- More than three-quarters of educators work nine unpaid hours weekly, burden of unpaid work induces exhaustion, high workloads undermine service quality.
- The lead researcher noted `These issues are not isolated or incidental, they're systemic`, with early childhood educators often interrupted by multi-tasking, administrative work, or cleaning duties.
- In California, child care providers and their union call for higher subsidy rates, Newsom’s budget omits pay increases, and the contract expiration at the end of the month heightens risk.
- Calls for a national review of early childhood services as a first step to improve quality and workforce well-being, addressing urgent workload and pay issues.
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