• Pre-Kindy Early Childhood Teacher
• Start your Teaching role in January 2021
• Community based, not-for-profit Childcare Centre

About the role:

C&K Clinton Community Childcare Centre is now looking for an Early Childhood professional to join the Centre in January 2021. This opportunity will see you being part of a Community based Childcare Centre which supports the local communities' families and children as well as feeling supported and mentored by C&K.

C&K provides high quality educational experiences through the implementation of the new revised curriculum "Listening & Learning Together" by encouraging children to express their own ideas through play to develop friendships, explore, solve problems, help others, imagine, create and extend on their interests.

At C&K Clinton we are proud of our spacious natural environment and use this as a catalyst for challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. 

This position is Permanent full time working 38 hours per weeks as the Pre-Kindy Teacher. C&K Clinton welcomes experience Early Childhood Teachers, as well as recent graduates to apply.

In your new role you have the opportunity to learn and grow through C&K, to bring new skills and ideas to challenge your knowledge and deliver excellence in early education.

As the Teacher, you will have an ability to document and assess children's learning behavior and development. You will be able to model and support the room educators to utilise a variety of teaching strategies including intentional teaching and reflective practice in daily work. 

The benefits:

You will be given training and support to C&K's new revised curriculum "Listening & Learning Together", as well as our Birth to Three Approach. C&K offers an online learning education hub and has a dedicated Learning and Development department which provides our employees access to online training and courses for our employees to access.

As well as;

• Beautiful natural learning environments for children and educators to learn together
• Work for one of Queensland's leading early education not-for-profit providers
• Opportunity to work within a highly reputable early childhood setting
• Career progression opportunities
• Build your networks through C&K in the Early Childhood sector
• Feel connected through regular C&K updates, use of online systems, access to policies and procedures and online learning
• Feeling connected through your community
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Salary packaging options & above award wage
• Corporate Health Insurance Program
• Access to an employee assistance program (EAP)
• First Aid training and support  

To be successful for this role:

• Bachelor's Degree in early childhood or equivalent (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching qualification) or actively working towards
• Experience working with the Pre-Kindy age or Kindergarten age group
• Knowledge of National Quality Framework and Standards ("NQF" and "NQS"), the Early Years Learning Framework ("EYLF")
• Current Paid or Exemption Blue card
• Current First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis Training
• An understanding of the provision of a safe, well planned indoor and outdoor learning environment
• An ability to document observations of children's behaviour and development
• An ability to implement a planned program, ensuring the needs of individual children and the group are met

About C&K:

C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community based early childhood education and care services in Queensland. Working at C&K you have access to many benefits which include, but not limited to, above award wages, salary packaging options, priority access to child care and kindergarten centres and study through our C&K College. 

C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes police checks.

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