5 BIG reasons why First Door is the preferred RTO 
for better outcomes for children, educators & your service

First Door equips and inspires educators throughout their career, starting with the Certificate lll in Early Childhood Education and Care qualification.

Across our profession, it is still far too common for educators to receive early childhood qualifications WITHOUT the time and support needed to gain the skills and knowledge required in their role. This contributes to negative outcomes for educators and service teams, including:

• low wellbeing and burnout.
• higher turnover and issues with staffing arrangements.
• educators lacking in motivation, professionalism, and/or quality practice.
• poor outcomes for children and families.
  

The team at First Door is committted to the opposite of this. Here's how:

1. Early childhood qualifications that develop educators' purpose, knowledge and capability 

First Door has a long-established, positive reputation for developing:

• Educators with a strong sense of purpose, knowledge and capability, aligned with the National Quality Framework.
• Fresh inspiration and learning able to be shared into teams, with constructive reflective conversations.
• Educators that lead and inspire others, with practice that supports quality education and care.
• Educators that are equipped to progress in their career in the early childhood sector.
  
  

First Door supports each student's professional growth and success through:

1. Personal onboarding with their mentor to gain understanding of each student's study skills and support needs
2. Ongoing and timely support, guidance and feedback from their First Door mentor and assessor.
3. Inspiring & interactive online resources - not just a pdf document to read! First Door provides tutorials and videos for each unit, that showcase quality practice in services rated Exceeding the NQS or rated Excellent by ACECQA.
   
4. Easy accessibility to complete and submit assessment tasks anytime, from an online device.
5. Professional knowledge assessment includes a conversation with their mentor for each unit, encouraging development of reflection and professional language.
6. Practical, workplace-related assessment tasks to put learning into practice. This also includes workplace practical skills assessment and feedback by their mentor.
7. Transparency on course progress with regular commmunication and a clear support process. Current progress records are visible online to the student, mentor and service director.

Download our Course Guide here

2. Easy tracking of employee/student course progess with:

a) Online access to real-time progress

We know it can be a headache for service directors to track all of your educators' course progress with RTOs. That's why we provide easy access to your First Door student's current progress.

Service directors receive access to Cloud Assess so you are able to see your First Door students' live progress in:

• each unit's assessment tasks
• the number of completed units
  
  

b) Regular reporting

You will receive by email:

• Six monthly transcript of completed units for each student
• Quarterly training plans for trainees and apprentices

3. Service Leader Guide: information for directors

We provide online information to all service directors that are new to First Door to explain the support systems in place for your First Door students. Learn about options for fee arrangements and subsidised fees, with eligible students able to complete the course fee-free, or with total course costs as low as $18 or $45! 

We arrange an Employer Guide meeting together so you have clarity on the employer benefits and responsibilities for trainees and apprentices, including completing the required forms. 

See inside the Service Leader Guide information here

4. Partnership

First Door has featured in THE SECTOR. Read the article here about Authentic professional learning partnership

We partner with you to develop capability of your students, and can also support aligned professional learning with your whole team.
First Door partners with early childhood specialists and with services rated 'Excellent' by ACECQA to share inside exceptional early childhood education and care.

5. Preferred RTO partnership benefits

First Door partners with many early childhood employers that have a long-term and goal-orientated approach to career qualifications, where they value quality training and a Preferred RTO partnership. This results in consistent competency-based training and assessment required for skilled, inspiring educators and quality practice.

We have First Door graduated students that have progressed in their early childhood career to become service leaders, and establish a Preferred RTO partnership with First Door within their own team.

Our Preferred RTO partnerships are services and chains of services that strive to provide exceptional education and care.

Some of our Preferred RTO partners are:

• Goodstart Red Hill
• Rosie's Early Learning
• Alderley Kindergarten
• Cashmere Village Natural Learning Centre
• Mueller College Early Learning Centre
• Northpine Christian College Child Care & Kindergarten
• Giggletree Early Education
  
• Samford Pines Child Care and Early Learning Centre
• Smartplay Early Learning Centre
• NCC Early Learners
• Happy Hearts Child Care & Kindergarten
• Una
  
  

What do you gain in a Preferred RTO partnership with First Door?

• Easier communication and planning with one mentor visiting.
• First Door mentor visits are arranged fortnightly or as needed (within the required location proximity).
• All students develop a deep sense of purpose and continual development of knowledge and skills with each completed unit.
• Aligned pedagogy across all students, with the tools to share and reflect across your whole team.
• Access to Behaviour Rethink Team eLearning package and to Tranforming Pedagogy Team eLearning package free of charge (valued at $1,925).
• Special offers to Preferred RTO partnership services.

First Door develops and inspires educators leading to better outcomes for your team, children, and families at your service.

Let's discuss how we can help - talk with Andrea, our Company Director

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