Past
Presentations
2025 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference Symposium
30 November – 4 December, 2025: The University of Newcastle.
Interrogating persistent early childhood teacher workforce issues: Research directions to inform teacher supply and quality
Fenech, M., Wong, S., Durksen, T. & Zhou, A.
2024 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference
1-5 December, 2024: Macquarie University, Sydney.
Building a quality workforce: Examining context and personal resources of preservice early childhood teachers
Fenech, M., Wong, S., Durksen, T. & Safitri, R.
2024 AJEC Symposium
8th – 9th February 2024: Sydney, Australia (online)
The Teachers in Early Education (TEE) Tool: An innovative, co-design approach to assessing teacher quality in the early years
Fenech, M., Wong, S., & Durksen, T.
2023 Shaping our Future Early Childhood Workforce forum
28th – 29th November 2023: Sydney, Australia.
Building and sustaining an quality early childhood teacher workforce
Fenech, M., Wong, S., & Durksen, T.
2023 European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference
30th August – 2nd September 2023: Lisbon, Portugal.
Building a supply of quality early childhood teachers symposium
Fenech, M., Wong, S., Durksen, T., & Gibson, M.
2023 NSW Department of Education Early Childhood Research Series
1st August, 2023 (online)
Teachers in Early Education:A longitudinal study of attracting, retaining and sustaining quality early childhood teachers in Australia
Fenech, M. & Wong, S.
Publications
2026
Zhou, A., & Fenech, M. (2026). The Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce in Australia: Exploring Distinctions Between Degree-Qualified Teachers and Diploma- Qualified Educators From Employer Perspectives. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 0(0), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391261434592
2025
Wong, S., Fenech, M., & Durksen, T. L. (2025). Assessing Teacher Quality in the Early Years: Co-Designing the Teachers in Early Education Tool in Australia. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 50(3), 244-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391251358008
2022
Fenech, M., Wong, S., Boyd, W., Gibson, M. Watt, H. & Richardson P. (2022). Attracting, Retaining and Sustaining Early Childhood Teachers: An Ecological Conceptualisation of Workforce Issues and Future Research Directions. Australian Education Research 49, 21–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00441-z