Welcome to Kids Academy Wyong! We are a purpose-built center offering care to 90 children a day aged from 6 weeks to school age, through our play-based Lifelong Learning curriculum. Our dedicated educators focus on building strong relationships with families and children and providing fun learning experiences based on individual interests. We offer Career progression like no other with Diploma traineeships and ECT scholarships. Join us today!

The Role

You will be responsible for monitoring the overall implementation of the approved learning framework to support the education and care needs of the children and support Educational Leaders across our central coast centres, through coaching and mentoring to support best practice.

You will:

• Grow and instil a lifelong love of learning in children through a curriculum combining play-based and intentional teaching.
• Gain support and training in guiding children’s behaviours.
• Create child-led programs which respect the individuality of every child.
• Support the educational team and centre management to meet and exceed the National Quality Standards.

About you:

• Diploma or Bachelor is Early Education and Care or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in ECEC
• Experience motivating, mentoring and support Educators and Educational Leaders
• Strong Knowledge in Early Childhood Practice and Pedagogy
• Critical reflection skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Comprehensive Knowledge of theories relating to Early Childhood.

Responsibilities

• Engage in induction, onboarding and ongoing mentoring, and coaching support for all new Educational Leaders in your area
• Regularly review the implementation and evaluation of educational programs and practices to ensure compliance with the approved learning framework and National Quality Standards, primarily Q1
• Completes programming audits and encourage team to evaluate own practice
• Makes recommendations for improvements to educators’ educational programs and practices and follows up on implementation of improvement strategies
• Monitors educators’ communication of children’s learning and participation with families through displays, written documentation and Storypark.
• Arranges and participates in information sharing events with colleagues and families regarding pedagogical practice, learning frameworks and child development matters
• Conducts research and shares knowledge with teams

Why work for Affinity?

• If you’re looking for a values-led organization with incredible people making a genuine difference.
• Our mission is to realise the potential in everyone – from children to educators, from managers to our vibrant centre support office team.
• To be sure, our portfolio of centres is growing about as fast as the little people in our care, we are focused on delivering a lifelong learning approach resulting in quality early education and care.

Our Safety Commitment

At Affinity Education, we believe that child safety is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to upholding the safety, rights and wellbeing of all children and promote a culture of child safety with a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse and harm

Affinity Advantages

• Support to maintain teachers registration for NSW ECTs
• A Permanent role working for one of Australia’s largest childcare groups
• 50% discount on childcare fees from your first day
• 30% discount on 12-month membership with Goodlife or Fitness First
• Training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential – up to 80% of our promotions are from internal promotions!
• Access to Affinity Learning Academy fully funded and accredited Leadership and Management courses
• Pedagogical support from Dr Lesley Jones and her Education Advisor Team
• Dedicated Centre Support Office including Operations and Quality team to help your centre meet business, compliance and education goals
• Career progression opportunities to work towards a management role e.g. Centre Manager/ Area Manager/ Quality Advisor
• Scholarships for Masters in Early Childhood Education.
• Wellbeing initiatives with our Australia wide partners including TELUS Health
• Partner discounts with over 100 different retailers
• Insurance benefits via Bupa

We are a 2024 Circle back Initiative Employer. We are committed to responding to every applicant.

LOVE. LEARN. GROW. Apply now!