Cast Studies of Effective Practice: Evidence from the fostering effective early learning (FEEL) study

There is a growing body of evidence which links high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) with children’s development and learning outcomes. The quality of many young children’s experiences and opportunities depends on the skills, dispositions and understandings of the adult ECEC workforce. This report builds on (and should be read alongside) the evidence taken during the Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) study (Siraj, et al., 2018, DoE, NSW); this involved the implementation of an evidence-based professional development (PD) program (Leadership for Learning), and showed direct impact on early childhood educators in 45 intervention centres and indirect impact on 677 children