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Karen Kearns Grad. Dip. Ed (Spec. Ed.), BEd. (ECE), MEd (ECE) has worked in teaching, consultancy, advocacy and legislative compliance, and lecturing at the University of Newcastle. She is CEO of International Child Care College (ICCC), which delivers vocational education and training in Early Childhood Education and Care, face-to-face and online.
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New qualifications for Early Childhood Education and Care
Implementation and assessments
Guest Speaker: Karen Kearns, author and CEO of International Child Care College (ICCC)
Now that the updates to the Certificate III and Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care qualifications have been endorsed, the questions on everyone’s lips are around implementation plans and assessments.
Watch the recording of this webinar that we hosted with guest speaker Karen Kearns who helped us to unpack the new qualifications, what implementation could look like for providers, and took a deep dive into the new Kearns Assessments.
Click below to hear what was discussed and to find out about the Kearns Assessments.

CHC21 training package for Early Childhood Education and Care
Preparing for implementation
Presenter: Karen Kearns, Author and CEO of International Child Care College (ICCC)
We recently held a fascinating webinar with guest speaker Karen Kearns discussing the new CHC21 training package for Early Childhood Education and Care. During the webinar Karen and her team provided some clarity on aspects of the long-awaited training package and presented an overview of what we know is coming. Participants were encouraged to provide input on the challenges that TAFEs and RTOs face when rolling out a new training package, and to share their thoughts on implementing the first major training package update for Early Childhood in more than six years.
It was a vibrant discussion! We didn’t want you to miss out
Training Assessments
Available exclusively from Cengage for both the Certificate III and Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, the Kearns Assessments is a collection of assessment tasks that are designed to be used alongside the Kearns texts, and are mapped against the units of competency for the new training package.
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