Practice Partner - QRS

Role: QRS Practice Partner
Location: Sydney NSW South / ACT
Employment Type: Full Time
We're Goodstart
With 16,500 “Goodstarter” team members across nearly 700 centres nurturing 70,000 children, we're Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre directors to centre teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.
Our vision is the establishment of the Teaching and Learning for All Children team as an “Expert Service” within CSO, which is defined as an on-demand and responsive professional support structure, providing centres with direct access to expertise, at their point and time of need. This team will continue to provide high quality teaching, learning and practice support and development to our centre teams and the organisation. The focus for the team will also extend to support tier 1 universal additional needs teaching strategies as we recognise this is an essential element in effective teaching and learning delivery.
To achieve this vision, Goodstart Early Learning is re-imagining what is possible by evolving critical Practice roles to support teaching and learning for all children across Goodstart.
Goodstart Early Learning is currently seeking a QRS Practice Partner.
As an ERS (Environmental Rating Scale) Practice Partner, you will be a critical enabler of the State and National practice uplift goals, providing coaching and advice on all matters pertaining to the Goodstart Quality Rating Scales (QRS) and how these enables quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC).
QRS Practice Partners work in partnership with the broader Practice team to support all centres to complete accurate and reliable QRS self-assessments that further enable targeted and effective practice uplift actions.
Your Impact:

• In this exciting, 'hands on' role you will be the first point of call for regarding the Quality Rating Scales and their application through areas of development in supporting practice uplift across all centres
• Support the delivery of on-demand, virtual coaching and advice for all roles regarding the QRS
• Build sustainable capability in centre teams through rich and reflective conversations with centre teams about their QRS self-assessment and moderation.
• Assure and validate the centre's self-assessment, sharing observations that add insights to the self-assessment with Practice Partners.
• Work with Specialists to identify trends and insights surfaced through inquiries, QRS data ensuring the evolving teaching and learning for all children needs of our Goodstarters are being met.
• Be a point of assurance in the delivery of teaching and learning against the QRS scales and items

You'll bring to the table;

• 4-year Early Childhood qualification from a recognised university.
• Extensive and recent practice-based early childhood teacher education experience (aged birth to 8 years).
• Sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework, other State based approved/recognised learning guidelines and the National Quality Standard.
• Sound understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Excellent communication, organisational, evaluation and team leadership skills
• Being willing and able to travel in regional NSW and ACT

What Goodstart can offer you;

• Car or Car Allowance, Laptop and Phone
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
• Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduces your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

How to apply:

• Click 'Apply Now' and submit your application.
• Please apply directly through our website to be considered for this position.

Have a question? Contact Adonica Lee 08 8214 8412 or email:
Supporting our people and protecting our children
We are an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We support and encourage individual growth and strong teams that are made up of many different cultures and backgrounds.
We are deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel connected and a strong sense of belonging. By weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives through all that we do, we aim to build knowledge and a deeper understanding of our First Nations People and culture for all in our team
Posting Notes: ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY || NSW || Australia (AU) || | || Bachelor (ECT) 4yr || Full-Time