Teacher Partner - NSW

G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 430+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 58,000 children every day.  Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations where we are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our family of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office team members.

About the role: 

As a Teacher Partner, you will be responsible for supervising the accreditation process for provisional teachers through to proficient status. You will work collaboratively as part of the Education team and the broader regional team to support quality teaching and learning programs that meet the National Quality Framework. This role has the combination of working from home and travelling across NSW (mainly in Metro NSW) to visit our teachers in 100+ early learning centres. Some regional travel may be required.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Supporting the delivery of high quality programs in G8 centres, meeting the National Quality Framework and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
• Identifying Early Childhood Teachers who are eligible for teacher accreditation through collaboration with leaders, centres and individuals.
• Providing shoulder-to-shoulder support to Educators who are studying towards their teaching qualifications to ensure the successful delivery of programs.
• Providing support to the centre manager and regional teams to studying towards teachers to ensure that funding requirements are met.
• Ensuring the successful transition of studying towards teachers to becoming provisionally accredited teachers.
• Help to facilitate communities of practice for both studying towards and provisionally accredited teachers.
• Translation of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to prior-to-school contexts to support understanding of quality evidence for children.
• Liaising and working collaboratively with the New South Wales Education Standards Authority
• Supporting individual Early Childhood Teachers to complete the accreditation process within their individual required timeframe.
• Mentoring of Early Childhood Teachers throughout the accreditation process via face-to-face, email, phone, and online platforms.
• Review of individual Early Childhood Teacher evidence portfolios with written and verbal feedback of teaching practice.
• Face-to-face or online observations of teaching practice to support the development of quality teaching practice.
• Oversight of the Early Childhood Teacher’s applications to the New South Wales Education Standards Authority
• Recording and auditing of required administration records in line with the New South Wales Educations Standards Authority’s processes, state-based government funding guidelines and internal documentation requirements.
• Developing training materials to support high-quality pedagogy and practice and the collection of quality evidence for Early Childhood Teachers.
• Undertaking mentoring for Early Childhood Teachers participating in G8 programs as required.
• Liaising and working collaboratively with a range of key stakeholders including G8 partners and local community networks.

Essential Criteria: 

• Hold a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) or equivalent.
• Proficient teacher accreditation with the NSW Standards Authority
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in the early childhood education and care sector as a practicing teacher
• Current Australian Driver’s License (mandatory)

Benefits Include: 

• Attractive salary package + Car Allowance of $11,500 per annum and a fuel card. 
• Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre,
• Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions 
• Dedicated focus on professional growth and development 

This is a rare opportunity; if you want a diverse, challenging and personally fulfilling role, apply now! 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only.  G8 Education reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety and wellbeing. We have a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our priority and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment.