Cert III or Diploma Educator
Organisation
Ferntree Gully 3 Year old Preschool Inc
For Provider
Ferntree Gully 3 Year old preschool Inc
Closing date
31.01.2025
Primary role
Certificate III Educator
Position type
Part-time
Location
Ferntree Gully
State
VIC
About the Centre/Service
Ferntree Gully Preschool is a community-based, not-for-profit kindergarten service,
operated by a parent/guardian Committee of Management. Ferntree Gully Preschool in currently in the process of expanding and taking on a 4 year old group for 2025.
Our preschool is passionate about creating strong partnerships with families and the wider community.
We pride ourselves on our play based learning environment, delivering a quality program
incorporating the Reggio Emilia approach towards learning through play. We use open ended
resources that allow children to connect to nature, encourage inquiry and inspire their imagination.
Our large beautiful tree-filled yard encourages a passion for nature and sustainability. We believe
children need to develop a love of nature and the outdoors in order to develop an appreciation for
the environment.
We are fully inclusive and provide our children with flexible routines to encourage and support
deeper thinking, investigation and foster independence.
Work Days of the Role
Monday 8am-430pm Wednesday 8am-430pm Friday planning
Hours of Work of the Role
19
Description
Join our vibrant team at Ferntree Gully Preschool as a passionate and experienced Cert 3 or Diploma Educator. We’re seeking an enthusiastic Educator who embraces a child-led philosophy and is committed to fostering a nurturing and engaging learning environment.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with our dedicated 3-Year-Old Teacher and fellow educators, you will work as a part of the 3 year old team.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to design, implement, and evaluate a holistic curriculum in line with the National Quality Framework where each child’s current knowledge, ideas, culture, abilities, and interests are the foundation of a play-based learning environment.
- Promote and support inclusive practice to ensure that the service can support families from a range of cultures, backgrounds, experiences, and situations.
- Develop and maintain effective and respectful relationships with children, families, early childhood professionals, and regulatory departments, and maintain privacy and confidentiality.
- Undertake mandatory reporting to adhere to child protection guidelines and responsibilities.
- Record observations of individual children and groups, assess learning, and use for program planning as part of a team to educate and support our 3 year old group.
- Operate within the requirements of the organisation’s policies and procedures, as well as funding and regulatory requirements.
- Provide a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment and ensure that children are supervised at all times.
- Be actively involved in the development and implementation of the Quality Improvement Plan of the organisation.
- Work in accordance with the standards outlined in the Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Code of Ethics, and Ferntree Gully 3 Year Old Preschool child safe standards.
- Support the embedding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in all aspects of the curriculum.
- Be responsible to the committee of management (employer) for the development and delivery of the programs for which they are responsible.
- Operate within the requirements of the preschool’s policies and procedures, as well as funding and regulatory requirements and the budget allocation.
- Be actively involved in the development and implementation of the Quality Improvement Plan of the service.
- Other duties as directed by the Committee of Management from time-to-time.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the service through reflective practice.
- Demonstrate professionalism and ethical conduct in their interactions with children, families, and colleagues.
- Uphold ethical standards.
- Liaise with relevant early childhood services and other professional services and organisations within the community.
- Participate in ongoing professional development and seek opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills in early childhood education.
- Ferntree Gully 3 Year Old Preschool is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and, as such, is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe and child friendly environment.
- We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to actively contributing to a child safe Kindergarten where children are protected from abuse.
- Our commitment to the safety of children is based on our duty of care and responsibilities to children, always acting in their best interests. All staff and volunteers have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that young people are safe whilst involved in our care and programs.
Qualifications
- Current Working with Children Check (WCC).
- Current child protection training and knowledge.
- Must hold a minimum qualification of a Diploma or Cert III in Early Childhood Education and Care, as recognised by ACECQA.
- Current First Aid training as prescribed in the Education and Care Services National Regulations, including first aid, anaphylaxis management and emergency asthma management.
Requirements
WWCC
Industrial Agreement/Award
Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement 2020 (VECTEA)
Contact Name
Rhiann McNeill
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