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Join over 27,000 early education professionals, who through their sevice membership, never have to face a challenge alone. Our highly experienced sector specialists are only a phone call or email away.

CELA has been supporting early education and care professionals for over 45 years. Being a CELA member means that you’ll never have to face a challenge alone. 

When you contact CELA you’ll be speaking with sector experts who have operational experience in service delivery and management. Whether you’re looking for a better understanding of how regulatory changes affect you and your service, expert training for your staff or resources and support to improve practice and service delivery, our expert team will help you to find your way.

Our CELA membership really is like a gift that keeps on giving with the benefits being limitless and the support being invaluable.

Narelle Myers, Bermagui Preschool 

Individual
person You are taking the membership out for yourself, not for a service or team.

$300.00
per year

Benefits

  • Access to our sector specialists through our 1800 support line for yourself
  • Over 100 leading operations and practice related resources for your personal use
  • Member News and Broadside, bringing you vital sector information  
  • On-demand professional learning pre-recorded webinars
  • Free subscription to Rattler magazine, our tri-annual journal 
  • Up to 20% discount on our professional learning calendar for yourself
  • 10% discount on mentoring ​
     


This membership and the benefits included are for the use of the individual member only.

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Organisation or service You are taking out a membership to use with your team or for one or multiple services/organisations

$340.00
per year

Benefits

  • Access to our sector specialists through our 1800 support line for yourself and your team/committee
  • Over 100 leading operations and practice related resources for you and your team
  • Member news and Broadside, bringing you and your team vital sector information  
  • On-demand professional learning pre-recorded webinars for your team
  • Free subscription to Rattler magazine, our tri-annual journal, for your service 
  • Up to 20% discount on our professional learning calendar for your team
  • 10% discount on mentoring
  • 10% discount on consulting
  • 10% discount on customised professional learning delivered at your service or online
  • Free listing of your job vacancies 
     


Service Membership: The benefits can be used to support yourself, your committee and your team. 

Organisation Membership: Allows a central head office to manage and pay for memberships of multiple services under one invoice, with a discount of $30 for each service membership purchased under the organisation membership (applied at checkout). To add additional services to an existing Organisation Membership, contact membership@cela.org.au

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Student or Retired You are studying full time, or retired.

$75.00
per year

Benefits

  • Rattler & Broadside PDF version
  • Member News email bulletins
  • 10% discount on publications
  • 10% discount on training
     


This membership and the benefits included are only for people who are retired or studying full time. 

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Member benefits

1800 support line

Access the sector's leading 1800 support line for expert assistance with any areas relating to the operation of your service, from compliance to policy, from practice to funding and more. Meet our sector experts. 

Member news

Your weekly bulletin highlighting the sector’s latest announcements and news in one handy place.  

Discounts

Members receive up to 20% discount on training, consultancy and mentoring services. Profits from training fees are reinvested into our advocacy work, member benefits and professional development initiatives.

Rattler magazine

A free copy of our sector-leading journal, delivered to your inbox digitally three times a year, including a printed copy of the annual compendium. Find out more about Rattler. 

 

Jobs board

Access over 100 policy templates, tools, checklists, articles, infographics and guides in our online operational resource library. New resources are released regularly. View our jobs board. 

Online operational resource library

Access over 100 policies, tools, checklists, articles, infographics and guides in our online operational resource library. New resources are released monthly. View our resource library. 

CELA supports community and small providers, providing a vital line of communication to government, ensuring that your voices are heard.

Our friendly sector specialists would love to talk you through any of your membership questions on 1800 157 818

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