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The nomination period in the 2024 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards has now closed.
FDCA Excellence in Family Day Care Awards celebrates the wonderful work done by Educators, Coordinators and Services in the family day care sector to deliver high quality early childhood education and care to children across Australia.
It is the only awards in Australia that focus solely on family day care, the Awards highlight the benefits of the nurturing, natural approach to early education and care that family day care provides.
FDCA thanks everyone that took the time to place a nomination.
The final round of nominees will be announced during the week of 8 July 2024 and nominees will have until 21 July 2024 to place their supporting submission.
The educator awards recognise up to 75 regional winners from across the country and it will be from these regional winners that four national finalists will be selected.
One national finalist will be selected from each of the following zones:
These four national finalists will be invited to the Family Day Care Australia Excellence in Family Day Care Awards Gala Dinner, at which the Educator of the Year will be selected.
The Family Day Care Australia Excellence in Family Day Care Awards are the only national awards dedicated entirely to the family day care sector. Through the awards program we hope to acknowledge and share the touching stories about the amazing bonds shared between family day care educators, services and the families they work with.
In sharing these stories, we will build awareness of the wonderful and vital role that family day care plays in local communities around Australia. The awards will also recognise and honour individual educators, coordinators and services for the amazing contribution they make to the community.
During the nomination period families, coordinators and services are invited to nominate their educator via a simple online nomination form. Educators are advised of their nomination via email and are invited to make a supporting submission about how they meet the selection criteria.
Please note that all nominations and submissions must be made online via this website.
Regional winners and national finalists in each category are selected by an official FDCA selection committee of which the members have extensive experience in the family day care sector.
Once the submission deadline has passed, a number of judging phases take place in the lead up to the announcement of the Excellence in Family Day Care Awards National Winners. Throughout the judging period, the selection committee will review nominations and supporting submissions, and will select regional winners (for educators only), national finalists and a national winner in each award category.
To view more information on the judging process, click here.
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