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Tamara Cumming is a Senior Lecturer with the Macquarie School of Education. Tamara has worked in the early childhood sector for over 15 years. Prior to becoming an academic she held positions as an early childhood educator, inclusion support manager and research officer in a children's services organisation.
Tamara’s research concerns the complexity of early childhood practice, and the well-being and sustainability of the early childhood workforce. She is co-leader of the Early Childhood Educator Well-being Project, and a Chief Investigator on the Exemplary Educators at Work ARC Linkage Project. Tamara supervises PhD students in the areas of early childhood workforce well-being, practice and leadership.
Research Interests
Tamara completed her PhD in 2015. Her thesis was titled 'Making visible ways that educators negotiate complexity in early childhood practice'. Her research interests include: early childhood educators' well-being, the complexity of educators' practice and the sustainability of the early childhood workforce.
Tamara is also available for contract research and evaluation. Together with colleagues she has completed evaluations for organisations including SDN Children's Services, The Samaritans Foundation, the National Community Hubs program, the Bathurst Child and Family Network and CareWest.
Professional Information
Tamara is a member of Early Childhood Australia and Organisation Mondiale pour l’Education Prescolaire (OMEP).
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, Bachelor of Social Science Honours, Macquarie University
Award Date: 20 Jun 2022
Early Childhood Education, Doctor of Philosophy, Charles Sturt University
Award Date: 16 Dec 2015
Government, History, Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Award Date: 9 Feb 1993
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Early Childhood Education and Care Pay & Conditions Research
Degotardi, S., Cumming, T., Brand, N., Thornthwaite, L., Mitchell, R., Sinha, K. & Gu, J.
13/03/23 → 30/10/23
Project: Research
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ECEWP: Early Childhood Educators' Well-being Project
Cumming, T., Wong, S., Bull, R., McFarland, L., MacQuarrie, A. & Woodland, K.
4/09/17 → …
Project: Research
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Discovering the hidden work of commodified care: the case of early childhood educators
Bittman, M., Harrison, L. J., Wong, S., Brown, J., Press, F. & Cumming, T., 2023, (Submitted) In: Work, Employment & Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early childhood educator well-being and educator-child interaction quality: a scoping review
Yeung, S., Wong, S. & Cumming, T., 2023, (Submitted) In: Early Education and Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting leaders in early childhood education settings: an evaluation of a clinical supervision program for centre directors
Wong, S., Bull, R., Cumming, T. & McFarland, L., 2023, (Submitted) In: Children and Youth Services Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using a ‘practice approach package’ to illuminate followership practices in early childhood education sites
Brooker, M., Cumming, T. & Salamon, A., 2023, (Submitted) In: International Journal of Research and Method in Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early Childhood Education and Care: a sustainable system?
Cumming, T., Mar 2022, In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 47, 1, p. 3-6 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
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Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Journal)
Tamara Cumming (Editor)
2021 → 2023Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Micro-credential in Leading Learning with Advocacy.
Tamara Cumming (Speaker), Sandie Wong (Speaker) & Laura McFarland (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Children's rights to a skilled, competent and well workforce
Sandie Wong (Speaker), Tamara Cumming (Speaker) & Helen Logan (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Measures of early childhood educator well-being: when multiplicity becomes problematic
Salima Yeung (Speaker), Sandie Wong (Speaker) & Tamara Cumming (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood (Journal)
Tamara Cumming (Editor) & Megan Gibson (Editor)
2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
Press/Media
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Disturbing levels of stress and injury among educators
27/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Too many childcare centres and not enough workers to fill them, that's the problem facing the early education industry
28/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment