Early Childhood Teacher

Company Description

Job Description

• Fixed term contract 6 months, Full time
• $77,000 to $113,000 per annum plus Superannuation in accordance with qualifications and experience
• Join the Family, Youth & Children team.

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

To develop, provide and document a high quality, developmentally appropriate children’s education program in collaboration with staff, families, and children, which supports and enriches children’s learning.

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake all responsibilities and activities associated with being a Nominated Supervisor (where nominated)/Certified Supervisor, to manage the service in accordance with the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010, Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011.
•  Act in accordance with the authority delegated by Council in dealing with situations of an urgent nature when requiring immediate action, ensuring compliance with the Act and the Regulations.
• Develop in consultation with staff, families and children, a program which brings together philosophies, children’s ideas, interests and uses intentional teaching to scaffold children’s learning and encouraging children to be active participants in their own learning.
• Develop, implement, and display the educational program that is developmentally and culturally appropriate and is reflective of an ongoing cycle of planning, which involves observation, gathering and interpretation of information to inform the preparation of environments and experiences to engage children in meaningful learning opportunities.
• Operate within the requirements of Councils policies and procedures, funding and all regulatory requirements, and service budget allocation.
• Ensure the program demonstrates links between the various tools (e.g. learning stories, portfolios, emergent plan) used to demonstrate children’s learning, including showing specific objectives for individual children.
• Actively encourage family involvement in developing and implementing the program, including providing regular information about the program, the operation of the service and child development.
• To provide a healthy, safe, and welcoming environment and ensure that children are always supervised.
• Provide leadership, supervision and support early childhood education assistants, additional inclusion support staff, students, and volunteers, ensuring involvement of all educators in the learning environment.
• Keep abreast of current issues and contemporary early childhood research to ensure the provision of educational leadership and the centre’s ongoing continuous improvement process to support children’s learning.
• Participate in regular staff meetings, early year’s networks with other professional services and organisations within the local schools/community as required.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Maintain an understanding of Early Childhood governance related policies and guidance including Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics, United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child; the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010, Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011, and Early Years learning Framework and Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.
• The ability to develop, document, implement, evaluate, and provide critical reflection for developmentally appropriate educational programs for preschool children.
• The ability to plan, work and manage time effectively with minimal supervision.
• Ability to develop relationships and partnerships with families to promote shared learning and collaboration to support children’s learning.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including an ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with parents, staff, and the leadership team.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Qualifications suitable for a teacher under the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 and the Department of Education and Training Victorian Kindergarten Funding Guide. Hold a current Police Check (within past 6 months) and Employee Working with Children’s Check, which demonstrates suitability for employment in a children’s service.
• Be a Fit-and-Proper person, and be registered as a Certified Supervisor, with eligibility to be registered as a Nominated Supervisor under the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010.
• Current VIT registration
•  Hold suitable First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma training that complies with the requirements under the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010.
•  Current driver’s licence.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

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