Applications for the practicum exchange living and travel allowance are now open.
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers can apply for an allowance for educators who use the practicum exchange network to complete a practicum in a regional or remote area.
The allowance will provide $1,552.50 per week, for up to 4 weeks, for living and travel costs associated with completing a practicum away from home.
Practicums:
- help educators in training gain practical, workplace experience
- are generally mandatory to become a qualified educator
- often need to be partly completed outside of an educator’s primary service
- can be challenging for some, particularly students in rural and remote areas with few or no other services nearby.
The living and travel allowance aims to:
- support educators in completing their qualifications
- increase and future-proof the ECEC workforce
- sustain a pipeline of qualified educators.
In 2025–26, we will support up to 100 educators with a living and travel allowance.
Providers must apply on behalf of eligible educators. We pay the allowance to providers who must pass it on to educators in full.
Applications close 19 September 2025.
Learn more about the living allowance.