Welcome to It Takes A Village
We are the national voice of community-based education and care services.
Building a strong sector is at the heart of what we do. We support and champion early childhood and outside school hours care services, work with governments, and advocate for an Australia where every child has access to free, quality education and care.
Membership
portal
Log into the portal to access member-only resources and get 25% off professional development and training.
Professional development
We offer professional development, training and consultancy for early childhood and OSHC educators, teachers and leaders.
Webinars and
events
We host a range of webinars, conferences and other events throughout the year for early childhood and OSHC in Australia.
Become a member
Become a member today and join hundreds of early childhood and outside school hours care services that train, grow and take action with us. Membership starts at $109 for educators and just $379 for your whole service!
- 25% off all professional development and learning for single site and multi-site members, including support visits to your service
- Free phone advice for all your tricky questions
- Must-know policy and compliance updates
- Service management tools and resources
- A voice in your corner, on the issues that matter to you
- And more…
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Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
It Takes A Village acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this nation and the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work. We recognise their continuing connection to culture, land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the strength of family connection and kinship within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their ongoing dedication to educating and caring for children. The sovereignty of these lands was never ceded. We support Treaty.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of people who have passed away.
We would like to thank Yorta Yorta and Gunnai artist Dixon Patten for creating this artwork which depicts our organisation’s cultural learning journey.
Members! Want FREE online PD you can access anytime? 🙌
Each month, we bring you exclusive webinars led by experts you can trust, on topics you care about such as:
🖥️ Recognising and preventing grooming in education and care
🖥️ Paramount consideration in action
🖥️ Assessment and rating demystified
🖥️ Recruitment that works.
Can't make it live or want to rewatch past webinars? Easy peasy! 🤩👇
You can check out the full bank of previous webinars online at any time through the members-only resources section of our member portal:
📌 itav.org.au/membership/member-login/
Not a member yet? Sign up NOW to get access to our resource library + heaps of other incredible perks and discounts like free phone advice and 25% off customised training packages:
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From 1 August 2026, most education and care services are now covered in the Disability Standards for Education.
The Standards now apply to centre-based care, family day care and outside school hours care services, including vacation care. 🌟
To help services understand their obligations and strengthen inclusive practice for children with disability, ACECQA has updated its free Disability Discrimination Act resource suite, with revised resources now available.
Gain access to the resource suite + find MORE inclusion resources to use in your room in the July edition of Inclusion News:
📌 mailchi.mp/itav/your_inclusion_update_july2026
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Tickets are now SOLD OUT for The Leadership Conference 2026! 😱 Will you be there? ✨
📅 Wednesday 26 August
📍 Novotel Melbourne Preston (in-person!)
🕐 9.30am–4.00pm
Still want a chance to gain real strategies and tools to support and inspire your team, alongside others who really get it? 🔥
Join our waitlist and we'll notify you if tickets become available! 👇👇
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