Description:
Believe Playschool Position Description – Educator (Diploma)Early Childhood Education & Care Multi Employer Agreement 2024-2026; level 3.4 (Dip with 12 months professional experience)
Qualifications: Approved Diploma level qualification (example: Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, Diploma of Education Support)
Requirements
- Current First Aid Certificate, Anaphylaxis Management and Emergency Asthma Management
- Clear Working with Children Check (or equivalent)
- Food Handler Basics Training
- All About Allergens Training
Early Childhood Education & Care Multi Employer Agreement 2024-2026
ACECQA informs that the roles and responsibilities of a diploma level educator may include, but are not limited to:
- supporting and leading children's learning and development
- designing, planning, implementing and evaluating educational programs and practices, including following and implementing an approved learning framework
- working with community members and external agencies
- complying with, and supporting other educators to comply with, service policies and legislation
Believe Playschool’s purpose and strategy is underpinned by our Values which guide our daily practice, decision making
and actions. To be successful at Believe Playschool you must possess the following attributes:
- Be respectful, sincere and considerate
- Invest time in building relationships
- Cultivate a friendly, inclusive, respectful, supportive and collaborative environment
- Prioritise health and safety,
- Demonstrate commitment and flexibility to learn and grow professional
Actively support the organisation’s philosophy, policies and procedures and positively represent the organisation to external contacts at all opportunities
Organisational Expectations
All Believe Playschool Employees Are Expected To
- Adhere to and apply the Believe Playschool Codes of Conduct, Philosophy, Policies and HR Guidelines
- Adhere to regulatory and legislative governing practices
- Adhere to organisation and service policies and practices
- Maintain privacy and confidentiality
- Have a willingness and commitment to foster good working relationships with fellow employees, suppliers and service end users
- Act immediately on any safety issues that relate to the working environment of the service
- Follow Service policies regarding child protection
- Follow Service guidelines in providing a safe environment for children and staff
- Understand, implement and review emergency management procedures as required
- Maintain educator-to-child ratios and qualifications at all times
- Ensure the Service’s duty of care to children and their families is strictly maintained
- Consistently contribute as an effective team member
- Actively participate in performance appraisal process
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional learning
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings and other whole of staff professional learning events.
- Undertake Food Safe training at intervals decided by the Nominated Supervisor
- Undertake First Aid training (including training in Anaphylaxis and Asthma) at intervals decided by the Nominated Supervisor
- Ensure students on placement are positively welcomed, supported and assisted and be a student supervisor when required
- Ensure the Nominated Supervisor is informed of any problem arising, which would affect the children, the Preschool’s approval or rating, the regulatory and legal compliance or the smooth running of the service
- Be involved in the services Quality Improvement Plan and assist to implement this as directed.
- Perform additional duties as required by the Approved Provider or Nominated Supervisor as are within your knowledge, skills and capabilities, including duties at a lower classification; provided that this does not promote de skilling. These may include:
- Maintaining supplies and equipment levels for the room or service
- Performing incidental administrative duties including but not limited to: signing deliveries organizing noticeboards, etc
- Undertake Child Protection/Child Aware training at intervals decided by the Nominated Supervisor.
Service educators lead the development, documentation and implementation of education programs that reflects sound knowledge and understanding of approved learning frameworks, and Believe Playschool’s Policies, that is stimulating, engaging and enhances children’s learning and development. Educators work in collaboration with other educators, room leaders and the Nominated Supervisor.
- Demonstrate sound written documentation to support team and individual reflective practice
- Act in a manner that promotes the best interests of the child
- In conjunction with Room Leader and other educators, implement a high-quality education and care curriculum for all enrolled children that is consistent with:
- The service philosophy, procedures and policies
- Education and Care Services National Regulations
- Education and Care Services National Law
- The National Quality Standards
- Early Years Learning Framework
- Respond to children’s strengths, interests and needs and implement a planning cycle for individual children and the whole group of children within the room. This will need to:
- Make learning visible
- Be responsive to advice and guidance from the Educational Leader
- Be documented and maintained on a cyclical basis and in a professional manner to a high-quality standard
- Be linked to the Approved Learning Framework outcomes and relevant early learning and development theories
- Engage in critical reflection and evaluation of children’s learning and use this as a primary source of future planning
- Engage children in learning opportunities that are responsive to:
- Meaningful moments
- Intentional and spontaneous interactions
- Children’s agency and choice
- Routine times
- Information technology, and
- Environmental sustainability
- Support and actively plan for an inclusive environment by:
- Supporting every child’s learning
- Role modelling positive interactions and behaviour guidance strategies
- Respecting children’s similarities, differences, cultures and diversities
- Maintaining each child’s dignity and the rights of each child
- Responding to the emotional, social and wellbeing needs of each child,
- Providing physical care, assisting children in toileting, dressing and meal times; and viewing all these opportunities as teachable moments
- Having an awareness of funding and structure of support available to assist children with additional needs
- Collaborating with the recording of Additional Needs children’s development and planning as directed by the Nominated Supervisor and the Team Leader
- Support children’s individual wellbeing and comfort in sleep, rest and relaxation
- Contribute to the development of an environment for children which:
- Is ready for operation at the beginning of each day
- Reflects children’s curiosity, exploration and problem solving
- Acknowledges the importance of the indoor and outdoor environment as the ‘third teacher’
- Care and Supervise children and engage them in age-appropriate activities and program.
- assisting in the preparation of materials and equipment for children's education and recreational activities
- managing children's behaviour and guiding children's social development
- preparing and conducting activities for children
- entertaining children by reading and playing games
- supervising children in recreational activities
- supervising the daily routine of children
- supervising the hygiene of children
- Contribute to daily program, reflections and internal evaluations
- Deep understanding and implementation of classroom routine
- Ensure smooth flow of routine throughout the day
- Complete Transition Statements
10 Feb 2025;
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