Wednesday Luncheon #5035 with Kim Little, CEO Office for Early Childhood Development

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Adelaide Oval Gil Langley Room, L4 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Web booking closes Monday February 3 12 noon!

Payment on the day at the Welcome Desk by Card only. 

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

 Guest Speaker Kim Little, CEO Office for Early Childhood Development

Reforming the Early Childhood System

Kim Little is the inaugural Chief Executive of the Office for Early Childhood Development in South Australia. Working with her team and across governments and departments, Aboriginal leaders, sector stakeholders, unions, the professions, parents and the community, she is tasked with leading the design and implementation of the landmark reforms flowing from the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care.

She brings her expertise in education and social policy issues to the table as South Australia embarks on bold reforms to increase the number of children starting school developmentally on track.

Kim moved to the OECD from her position as the lead Deputy Secretary for the implementation of the Victorian Government’s ambitious Education State kindergarten reforms. This included the introduction of universal 3-year-old kindergarten in sessional and long day care settings, equity funding to support educationally disadvantaged kindergarten children to thrive, and successful programs to lift the quality of kindergarten-offering services.

Kim worked in the Victorian Government in various leadership roles in early childhood and higher education and skills, focusing on policy matters, market design and intervention. She has also worked as a philosopher at Monash University and as a corporate lawyer.

Kim grew up in rural and remote Queensland and Papua New Guinea and is married to a South Australian.

Background 

The Office for Early Childhood Development was established by the Government of South Australia to steward the early childhood development system in South Australia and support the government’s response to the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care. We exist to work across the early childhood sector to create a system that gives all South Australian children the best possible start. Critical to this is the roll-out of universal 3-year-old preschool from 2026, giving every child access to 2 years of teacher-led, play-based early learning before school. Our role is to work with all parts of the early childhood sector and communities to support and drive the big changes that are needed to reduce the developmental vulnerability of our children. This means building collective capacity across the state through workforce attraction and retention initiatives, uplift and expansion of preschool services, provision planning, and the introduction of integrated hubs to offer more preschool hours and supports for children in need.

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Please note the venue - Gil Langley Room, Adelaide Oval, L4 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide