Early Childhood Teacher
Trade · Cairns, Cairns & Far North QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $80,000/yr
Do you love helping young children learn and grow? A kindergarten provider in Queensland with a long, solid history is adding to its teaching staff. There are 5 full-time openings for passionate Early Childhood Teachers.
Here, the work means more than a pay cheque. The provider cares about how children develop, how educators work as one, and how staff build careers over many years. You will teach within kindergarten programs approved by the government, shape learning that matters, and form warm connections with kids, parents and co-workers.
Overseas applicants who are eligible can receive visa sponsorship. For international teachers with suitable qualifications, this may open a route to develop a career in Australia. Each offer may be shaped around the successful applicant, with possible extras like flexible work arrangements, a competitive salary and potential childcare assistance.
If an English test is needed for your visa or by the employer, book IELTS or PTE early.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead kindergarten sessions that keep children interested and match their stage of development
- Give children a safe, welcoming and exciting place to learn, where every child is included
- Look after each child's personal growth, learning and wellbeing
- Design learning activities, write them up and review how they went, then follow every child's progress by observing them and recording what they learn
- Update the electronic programs, observation notes and portfolios of each child's learning
- Earn the trust of children through kind, respectful relationships, and work hand in hand with parents and families in a professional way
- Tell families how their child is developing and what they are learning
- Team up with fellow educators and other teaching staff, and exchange ideas and knowledge with Early Childhood Teachers throughout the group
- Suggest ways to keep improving the kindergarten program, and work to the National Quality Standards and National Regulations that apply
- Keep sound practices for health, safety and wellbeing
- Join professional development and continuing training, and add to a team culture that is positive, respectful and collaborative
Requirements & Eligibility
- You hold an ACECQA-approved Early Childhood Teaching qualification
- OR you hold an approved Diploma-level Early Childhood Education and Care qualification and are actively studying for an ACECQA-approved ECT qualification
- OR you are actively studying for an approved ECT qualification and at least 50% of it is complete
- If you apply through the 50% completed qualification route, you provide your academic transcripts
- Overseas-qualified people are encouraged to apply
- You satisfy the ACECQA assessment requirements that apply
- You satisfy the relevant requirements for English language
- You fit the eligibility rules for the applicable Australian visa pathway
- You are eligible to get, and keep, a Queensland Working with Children Blue Card
- You pass a National Police Check
- You have current First Aid, Anaphylaxis and Asthma training, or will obtain these qualifications as required
- Strong communication skills in writing and in speech
- A real passion for early childhood education, with energy, enthusiasm and a strong professional work ethic
- Dependable and flexible, and happy to contribute as part of a team
- You can form positive relationships with children, families and colleagues, and you understand how children learn and develop
- You plan a long-term career within the early childhood sector
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