Key Responsibilities

Teachers and educators are responsible for delivering high quality kindergarten curriculum that reflects our service philosophy, meets regulatory and framework requirements and supports the holistic development of children within a team-teaching model.

Community focus

• Develop and maintain relationships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, facilitating strong connections for children to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and country in collaboration with educators, teachers and other early years staff.
• Build and maintain relationships, alongside the Kindergarten Director and wider early years team, with Traditional Owners, Elders and Respected Persons and wider Community to ensure that Dja Dja Wurrung and Aboriginal and Torres Strait culture underpins all elements of the kindergarten program.
• Engage families in culturally safe and meaningful ways, recognising them as children’s first educators.
• Build and maintain respectful partnerships with families and children and respond sensitively to individual child and family needs whilst supporting participation and connection.
• Work collaboratively and respectfully both within our early years team and the wider organisation.
• Contribute to a positive workplace culture that prioritises educator wellbeing and professional growth. Actively participate in team meetings, reflective practice, professional development and continuous improvement practices.

Education

• Contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of a Community-based kindergarten curriculum, drawing on Dja Dja Wurrung and Aboriginal ways of knowing and being while also reflecting the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF).
• Provide intentional teaching that is responsive to children’s strengths, interests and developmental goals.
• Support an ongoing culture of reflective practice by actively contributing to the kindergarten’s continuous improvement journey both individually and collaboratively.
• Apply strong knowledge of contemporary early childhood learning theory and practice with a focus on wellbeing focused differentiated teaching practices.
• Observe, document and assess children’s learning in line with regulatory requirements with particularly focus on cultural identity and belonging, wellbeing and regulation and communication and language development.
• Reflect the Kindergarten’s Statement of Philosophy, Vision and Values, along with BDAC’s Vision and Core Values in everyday practice.

Compliance

• Maintain an environment that is physically, emotionally and culturally safe for all children, families and Community.
• Support the Kindergarten Director and teaching team to manage the kindergarten in accordance with regulatory frameworks including assessment against the National Quality Framework (NQF), and relevant standards, legislation and regulations.
• Identify and address risks and non-compliance in the Kindergarten.
• Share responsibility for health and safety and risk management within the Kindergarten and maintaining a safe environment for children, families, team members, and all visitors with ECT and other educators.
• Maintain a thorough understanding and awareness of relevant Child Protection Law, Child Safe Standards applicable to the jurisdiction and proactively respond to any child protection matters through appropriate escalation pathways.

As required

• Consent to acting as person in day-to-day charge of the Kindergarten in absence of Kindergarten Director/ Nominated Supervisor.
• Fulfil obligations as set out in the National Law and National Regulations as the person in day-to-day charge in the absence of Kindergarten Director/Nominated Supervisor
• Duties may include, but are not limited to, responsibility for:
  • Educational programs
  • Supervision and safety of children
  • Entry to and exit from the premises
  • Food and beverages
  • Administration of medication
  • Sleep and rest
  • Excursions