Guardian Childcare & Education Hiring for Early Childhood Teacher Job at Blackburn South Full Time

Are you passionate about supporting young children to discover, explore, and learn as they grow into themselves through quality and innovative education programs? Have you worked hard to convert your passion into professional skills and want to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of young children? Then, Guardian Blackburn South is where you can aspire to grow and excel.

Guardian believes in empowering and supporting Teachers to actively contribute to the education programs we offer, based on the best in contemporary early childhood thinking and practice. With Guardian, you have the opportunity to grow and excel in your career as part of a professional learning community. It’s a place where we celebrate and highlight great work, and you are supported to succeed.

Being an Early Childhood Teacher at Guardian means having a voice and the opportunity to make decisions and develop a learning program that suits the families and their children in your community. You’ll also have a great place to work, incredible colleagues, and benefits that include:

Lead your ongoing professional development and learning through exceptional coaching, conferences, mentoring, and career advancement opportunities.

Use your professional skills and passion for education to influence and shape our innovative programs that focus on learning through exploration, discovery, and play.

Collaborate with other professional Educators and Teachers through workshops and meetings to share best practice and learn from each other.

High-quality, well-resourced environments for children and Teachers

Enjoy a competitive salary and financial benefits, including attractive remuneration packages, generous childcare discounts, recognition and rewards, and an employee referral program.

WHEREFIT – 2,000 discounted corporate offers at up to 50% off for gyms, studios, activewear, healthy meals, beauty and more…

Guardian Degree program – We can support you by offering paid study, flexible work hours, guardian mentors and reimbursement of course fees, because we want to see you succeed. (Terms & conditions apply)

Paid first aid courses and renewals

The Centre

At our newest Melbourne centre, known within the community as Guardian Blackburn South, every day is an opportunity for growth. Our 104 place centre, located on Blackburn Road is close to public transport and street parking. With a range of resource-rich environments including, a water pump, a creek bed, vegetable gardens, a teepee, natural climbing structures and age-specific ateliers where our exciting programs come to life. As part of our community focus, the team of Educators are planning to launch their excursion program later in 2019, to locations such as local cafes, parks, forests and Blackburn Lake.

The Opportunity

As an ECT, you will be part of a passionate team where you will enjoy:

Contributing to a professional Team to create a safe and secure environment where children are supported to be brave, curious, and imaginative in their learning.

Building lasting and meaningful relationships with families, so they feel informed and sure their children are receiving the best education and care in the community.

Supporting Educators to deliver the best in contemporary early childhood thinking and practice.

Contributing to making your Centre an example of why Guardian is driven by its mindsets of being brave, positive, thoughtful, and professional in all aspects of what we do.

The opportunity to join Leadership Councils where you can develop leadership skills, collaborate with other leaders, think innovatively, drive change, and participate in decision-making.

To be considered, you will have:
Tertiary Qualifications (University Degree or equivalent) in Early Childhood Education as approved by ACECQA

Current Teacher’s Accreditation/ Registration (NSW, SA, VIC & WA)

Proven knowledge of the National Quality Framework

Previous experience working in the early childhood sector (desirable)

Valid Working with Children’s Check or state-specific equivalent.

Be inspired, be inspiring, and introduce us to the Teacher in you. to join Guardian Childcare & Education.

Referrals

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