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# QLD Kindy for All - Working Towards Teacher Status

# QLD Kindy for All - Working Towards Teacher Status

This article will assist you with understanding the process for an ECT with a working towards status for your QLD Kindergarten payments.

### Overview

To be eligible to claim Kindy funding, the program is to be delivered by an appropriately qualified ECT who has a teaching qualification recognised by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).The [LDC Kindy funding essentials](https://earlychildhood.qld.gov.au/fundingAndSupport/Documents/kindy-funding-essentials-long-day-care.pdf) (page 19), provides information on Exceptional Circumstances. 

### Exceptional Circumstances

If your service is running a Kindergarten program and you have an ECT with a **Working Towards** status you can apply for **Exceptional Circumstances** to still be eligible to claim the Kindy funding.

|| see: [Appendix 3 - Early Childhood Teacher Exceptional Circumstances](https://earlychildhood.qld.gov.au/fundingAndSupport/Documents/early-childhood-teacher-exceptional-circumstances-long-day-care.pdf)

If your Service falls into this category you will need to lodge your application or to find out more information by:

* Calling the Kindy Hotline on - **07 3035 2244** 
* or Email: **kindyfunding@qed.qld.gov.au** 

### Approval Process

•	It can take up to 28 days from the time receiving a fully completed application until a decision letter is forwarded, but the team do attempt to turn them around much quicker. 
•	Results are released in writing to the authorised officer as soon as they are available.
•	The service may believe they are approved if they think Working Towards works like a Waiver (where all they have to do is apply). 
•	A service will **not** receive funding until the **Working Towards teacher** has been **approved** and been informed of the results. 

###### Further Information

In relation to the Grant funding teams processing of forecast and acquittal claims, if there are no errors and the service has a fully qualified ECT or an approved Working Towards teacher, then claims are being processed within **1-2 days**. 

If the claim is waiting for a **Working Towards teacher** to be approved, then it may take **up to 28 days +** before the claim is processed and paid. 
The QGrants team will also contact your Service either by phone and/or email to discuss any errors, which can sometimes take a few days if your Service doesn’t respond immediately to the calls or emails.