susan2012

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Hi all, Finally I decided on childcare centre manager (TRA) and not Pre-primary teacher (AITSL). I am in the process of compiling the documents to be sent and need some advice. I am going to be 40 soon and need to do this asap. After gathering all my documents I realize I have 4 years of experience as childcare teacher and 3+ years as Childcare centre manager. My question is do I have to show the evidence for teaching and manager experience or just manager? If I had to gather the teaching as well, I will have to get loads of documents certified and some declarations to do. Will adding in my teaching experience help me further or not necessary? Another question I have worked in total of 4 centres as manager accounting for 3 years because I was busy having kids and raising them as well, will this have any negative impact (because I didn't work in one centre for long)? As a teacher/Manager I only went through my studies and supervised practicum and no vocational training but the application asks for vocational training, what do I do? Leave it blank? Hope to receive advise soon and send in my application by Friday. Thank you!

Thank you for the reply, I felt the same after posting here so managed to talk to a migration agent. She is recommending to drop the pre-primary and go with Childcare manager. I just need to collect all my experience carefully.

I am getting nowhere :-( I wanted to apply for AITSL assessment although I wasn't sure if my qualifications were sufficient. Did my IELTS academic and got R8, W8, S8.5 and L6 (the volume at the exam centre was really poor) . So decided to check childcare centre manager job. I am really running out of time, turning 40 next year and want to apply before that. Appreciate some advice and guidance My qualifications: Diploma in preschool teaching and leadership 3 years Degree in early childhood from Australian university (found in acecqa recognized qualifications list) Masters in special education (2.5 years) Experience Teaching 0-6 year olds: 4 years Management of large preschool (performed all jobs described in TRA) : 2 years (only 6 month experience in last 3 years) 45 days of supervised field practicum with 0-6 year olds My question is, with limited time which route should I go? I have performed both jobs and love to do either one. If I go AITSL I have to retake IELTs and still not sure if my qualifications are sufficient If I go TRA my experience is insufficient What do you all think? Also, do I need IELTS for TRA? I am not a native speaker and live in Singapore. Thank you in advance