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National implementation

The national implementation of the AEDI provides an opportunity or every community across Australia to obtain a comprehensive picture of their early childhood development outcomes. Communities will be able to use the AEDI results for planning to ensure children in their community get a great start in life, which will have lifelong benefits for them and for the whole of the community.

National implementation of the AEDI will provide a baseline for measuring change over time in children's developmental outcomes. The data will be used to inform policy and planning at all levels of government and across the health, education and community sectors.

In recognition of both the need for all communities to have data on early childhood development, and the national and international work completed to date, the Australian Government has invested $21.9 million to 30 June 2011 to implement the AEDI nationally. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has also endorsed the AEDI as a national progress measure of early childhood development in Australia.

First steps in national implementation

The steps to implement the AEDI nationally are:

• Consultation with the state and territory governments and other key stakeholders to obtain broad support for the national implementation of the AEDI and timing of data collection.
• Establishment of State/Territory AEDI coordination committees to inform and assist the implementation of the AEDI in each jurisdiction.
• Appoint State/Territory AEDI Coordinators who will provide state-wide leadership for the AEDI and support local communities and schools through the AEDI implementation process

State and Territory AEDI Coordinator Portal

The State and Territory AEDI Coordinator Portal is a password protected resource.

Coordination of national implementation

State / Territory Coordination

The State/Territory AEDI Coordinator will oversee and coordinate the rollout of the AEDI in their respective state/territory. This includes overseeing and assisting with the preparation of a community and implementation of the AEDI.

Key roles include:

• Providing state wide leadership and engaging key stakeholders for the successful implementation of the AEDI.
• Engaging education sectors for the successful implementation of the AEDI in 2009 including:
  • Identifying key stakeholders, and conducting consultations to engage the support and build understanding of the AEDI.
  • Supporting a state/territory coordinating committee to support AEDI implementation.
• Supporting communities, schools and teachers to successfully implement the AEDI including:
  • Processes to induct teachers (including being appropriately trained) to implement the AEDI and complete the data collection processes.
  • Providing telephone/email support to schools, teachers and communities.
  • Monitor implementation and completion of the AEDI by schools.
• Working in partnership with the Australian Government and the AEDI National Support Centre.

Contact details of the State and Territory AEDI Coordinators.

AEDI National Support Centre

The AEDI National Support Centre will, with the assistance of State and Territory AEDI Coordinators, facilitate the national implementation of the AEDI. The key roles of the AEDI National Support Centre include:

• Coordinating national activities.
• Providing training tools and resources.
• Supporting State and Local AEDI Coordinators and schools.
• Administering the web-based data entry system.
• Processing and analysing the AEDI and reporting and mapping the AEDI results.

To contact the AEDI National Support Centre call 1300 558 422 or email australian.edi@rch.org.au.

More information

This page will be progressively updated in the coming months, however in the meantime if there are any questions about national implementation of the AEDI please contact:

Mary Sayers
National AEDI Program Manager
Ph: 1300 558 422
Email: mary.sayers@mcri.edu.au