AddressG8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 420+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 42,000 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. We are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our team of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office.
The Opportunity
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 traveling across the Newcastle, Central Coast and Western suburbs region to visit our teachers in 100+ Early Learning centres. Some regional travel may be required.
Your day-to-day
No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include, but are not limited to:
- Mentoring of early childhood teachers throughout the registration process via face-to-face, email, phone, and online platforms.
- Review of individual early childhood teacher evidence portfolios with written and verbal feedback on annotations of teaching practice.
- Face-to-face or online observations of teaching practice to support the development of annotations of quality teaching practice.
- 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
- Support of the early childhood teacher for the panel interview including reviews of required paperwork and final documentation.
- Arrangement and facilitation of panel meetings including identifying eligible panel members and facilitating the meeting in line with the New South Wales Education Standards Authority requirements
- Oversight of final submission for proficient teacher accreditation for individual early childhood teachers.
- Recording and auditing of required administration records in line with New South Wales Education Standards Authority processes and internal documentation.
- Reviewing and evaluating existing processes systematically to ensure organisational and state-based requirements are met.
- Working collaboratively as a member of the broader G8 Education Team to uphold expectations and messaging for high-quality education and care in teaching practice.
- Developing training materials to support high quality pedagogy and practice and the collection of quality evidence for early childhood teachers engaged in the accreditation process.
- Undertaking mentoring for early childhood teachers participating in state-based funding schemes and internal G8 programs as required.
- Liaising and working collaboratively with a range of key stakeholders including G8 partners and local community networks.
About You
You thrive in a fast-paced and engaging work environment, valuing strong partnerships, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. As someone who takes ownership of outcomes, you embrace the complexity and challenges that come with this role, while maintaining an agile and result-driven mindset. To be successful in this role, you should possess the following skills and experiences:
- Hold a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) or equivalent.
- Registered teacher with a Proficient registration status in the state of NSW
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in the early childhood education and care sector as a practicing teacher
- Current Australian Driver’s License (mandatory)
- Valid working with children check
Benefits Include:
- Attractive salary package
- 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. All G8 Education employees will need to hold a relevant Working with Children Check upon their commencement into the business.
