Working with and for the Early Childhood and School Age profession, PEMI will progress actions within Nurturing Skills: The Workforce plan for the Early Childhood and School Age profession, 2022-2028 (Government of Ireland, 2022). 

This body seeks to:

• Raise the professional status of the Early Childhood and School Age profession
• Amplify the voice of the Early Childhood and School Age professional
• Identify and agree terminology for the Early Childhood and School Age profession
• Promote careers in the Early Childhood and School Age profession
• Increase awareness of and promote adherence to professional standards and professional practice (e.g., code of ethics; code of professional standards)
• Create a shared professional identity
• Advocate for recognition of the Early Childhood profession as the foundational stage of children’s education on a continuum and on par with primary and secondary education
• Support Early Childhood and School Age professionals to help each other in their professional role
• Establish a voluntary register of Early Childhood and School Age professionals (Level 5 to Level 8+)
• Work with relevant stakeholders to develop:
• An induction process for Newly Qualified Educators
• National guidance, supports and resources for student professional practice placement, at all qualification levels
• ‘Fitness to practice’ criteria over time
• Inform and shape Early Childhood and School Age Policy