Practice and Inclusion Partner, Goodstart Early Learning. Cairns, Cairns and Far North QLD. Childcare and Outside School Hours Care (Education and Training). Full time. Add expected salary to your profile for insights. Join us as a Practice and Inclusion Partner in Cairns, where you'll drive quality improvements in Early Childhood Education, support inclusive learning, and empower centre teams to deliver outstanding outcomes for all children, particularly the most vulnerable.
Goodstart Early Learning is currently seeking a Practice and Inclusion Partner to join our team in Cairns, supporting regional QLD.
You will be a critical enabler of the regions practice uplift goals, providing coaching and advice on all matters pertaining to quality, inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). You will share your skills and experiences with centre teams as you support their teaching, learning and inclusion for all children working in an integrated and holistic way to enhance every child's outcome. In partnership with the Centre Director, Educators and families, you will engage and support the most vulnerable children and families and focus on targeted capacity building strategies to enhance all children's learning.
Your Impact: Be the first point of call for all Goodstarters nationally through providing on-demand and responsive support, delivered virtually through our Practice and Inclusion Helpdesk. Share your skills and experiences with centre teams as you support their teaching and learning for all children including children with additional needs - tier 1, delivered in a manner that builds capability in our centre teams. Work directly with a selected group of centres in the delivery of their Quality Improvement Plan actions by coaching and modelling to build sustainable teaching and learning for all children capability in our centre teams. Provide specialist inclusion advice and consultancy to centre leadership teams to enable high quality targeted and intensive inclusion support in accordance with approved processes.
Work collaboratively within the Teaching Learning and Support team, to ensure targeted and intensive strategies are implemented as intended and monitored and evaluated for effectiveness.
Educate, coach and support centre teams and around centre support teams to implement and review targeted and intensive inclusion strategies to meet child and family needs. Contribute to safeguarding children in line with organisational expectations and procedures (e.g. responding to critical incidents and child wellbeing).
What Goodstart can offer you: 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. (as agreed by Line Manager). Fully Maintained Company Car or Car Allowance, Laptop and Phone. Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%). Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA. Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more. Free annual flu shot (optional). Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance. First Nations Support and Cultural Leave. 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.
You'll bring to the table: A 4yr Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education from a recognised university. Demonstrated capability of supporting and coaching teams to deliver high quality, inclusive early learning. Extensive experience in delivering high quality, inclusive early learning (aged birth to 8 years). Experience in leading change and coaching high performing teams. Comprehensive knowledge of community and government networks/ resources and proven skill in utilising these to develop partnerships, services and programs. Comprehensive knowledge of policies, frameworks and funding supports for children and families including the Early Years Learning Framework, National Quality Standard, Inclusion Support Programme, National Disability Insurance Scheme and relevant state-based funding mechanisms. Sound understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Excellent communication, organisational, evaluation and team leadership skills.
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