Childcare Early Childhood Teacher

Fulltime Positions available at Wallan, Wallan Central, Whittlesea and Seymour centres as our new Early Childhood Teacher, your role as an active leading team member will be to provide a safe and stimulating environment which meets the needs of our children. It is your responsibility to encourage engagement and participation in curriculum decision making, in line with our curriculum, standards, and practices. We are genuinely committed to investing in our people. We will offer you the tools, training and support needed in your new role.

Benefits

• Emerging leadership opportunities for growth and career development 
• Opportunities to participate in targeted professional learning 
• Immediate access to our learning portal, Journey Academy 
• Access to visible leaders and founders 

Task & responsibilities

• Bringing the Journey Values of connections. communication and consideration to life and reflect this in everyday practice. 
• Ability to adhere to Journey’s child safe policy and code of conduct 
• Planning and structuring learning in both indoor and outdoor environments, using a variety of materials and equipment to facilitate children’s development 
• Providing a variety of experiences and activities to develop motor skills, cooperative social skills, confidence and understanding 
• Promoting language development through storytelling, role play, songs, rhymes and informal discussions held individually and within groups of children 
• Observing children to evaluate progress and to detect signs of ill health, emotional disturbance and other disabilities 
• Observing nutritional health, welfare and safety needs of children and identifying factors which may impede their progress 
• Having open conversations and discussions with parents to support children’s development. 
• Attending parent interviews, centre meetings and events 
• Participating in community and family support programs as appropriate 
• Supervising student teachers on placement

Qualification & experience

• Formal qualifications preferred with at least 2 years of relevant work experience. 
• If you do not have formal qualifications, further years of work experience may be required.