STATISTICAL ENTITY: WORKER DEFINITION
For 2013, the Collection defines an in-scope ‘ECEC contact worker’ as a contact worker who has paid employment with an ECEC service provider (including full-time, part-time and contract workers); has a role of principal/ director/ coordinator/ teacher/ teacher-in-charge or group leader; and has delivered a preschool program in the reference period.
This definition reflects the revised definitions for ‘ECEC contact worker’ and ‘ECEC teacher’ included in the 2013 NMDS as Glossary items:
Early childhood education and care contact worker [METeOR ID 493450]
Early childhood education and care teacher [METeOR ID 493482]
The diagram below illustrates the collection scope of Workers. This includes the inclusions and exclusions for the requested worker population. Some data providers may have supplied a broader collection scope for previous cycles however in 2013, only workers that fall within the scope inclusions should be provided in the worker data request template. Data providers are requested to exclude workers employed by service providers that have no in-scope children enrolled in a preschool program during the reference period.
Figure 1.0 Early Childhood Education and Care worker population
1Contact worker who delivered a preschool program in the reference period includes contact workers who are usually present to deliver preschool programs but may have been absent during the reference period due to illness or extended holiday leave and are expected to return.
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