Rebecca Lester

• Nominated supervisor responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operations and administration of the preschool
• Promote and oversee the implementation of the National Quality Framework including compliance with the National quality standards and the Education and Care Services National Regulations and Law
• Ensured accurate record keeping for the preschool, including overseeing daily activities and maintaining detailed documentation on incident reports, attendance records, and immunization records.
• maintain the necessary developmental records of children, and curriculum as required
• Be the designated Educational Leader, to lead the development and implementation of the educational programs and the principles and outcomes of the EYLF
• Create, implement and regularly review the preschool self assessment insuring the preschool continues to exceed the National Quality Standards
• Managed enrolment enquiries, tours, and orientations
• Participated in budget planning processes to determine appropriate staffing levels and resources needed to run the program successfully.
• report to management on budgets and KPI's
• Liaise with external stake holders and promote the preschool within the community
• Maintain up-to-date policies and procedures that meet operational and regulatory requirements, and manage the preschool budget, fees, and purchasing resources and consumables
• be actively involved in the recruitment, onboarding and probation of staff
• provide leadership, professional support, staff appraisals and foster professional development
• supervise and manage students and volunteers
• Implemented strategies to support children with special needs, ensuring inclusive education practices and the development of ILP's
• Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current with early childhood education research and best practices.
• Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, health-related or developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
• Conducted parent meetings regularly to discuss child progress and address any concerns or questions parents may have had.
• Promoted a culture of inclusion by advocating for diversity within the organization.
• Established policies and procedures and the development of risk assessments that ensured the safety of all participants in the program
• Collaborated with families, staff, and community partners to ensure positive outcomes for children.
• Provided guidance for team members on how to provide a safe learning environment for the children in their care.
• Collaborated with families to support children's learning and development at home and in the preschool
• maintain a child safe environment and report all incidents of child abuse

Conducted the same tasks as previously detailed for Preschool Director position

• conducted the same tasks as previously detailed

• deliver training to early childhood services on embedding Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander perspectives in early education and care

• Develop, weekly plans, and implement age-appropriate programs for children in care.
• Provide programs and activities that reflect the children’s learning and growth.
• Provide developmental progress reports as required
• Plan, implement and evaluate programs which reflect the emerging skills, interests and developmental requirements of children
• Prepare, implement and evaluate a play-based developmentally appropriate program for individual children and groups which recognises social and cultural diversity
• Foster children’s learning through modelling and the implementation of a play-based learning environment responsive to children’s interests, strengths and abilities.
• Implement the services statement of philosophy and ensure that it guides pedagogy and teaching decisions.
• Mentor and teach educators along with the educational leader through observations, guided discussions and recommendations for professional development on curriculum practices
• Seek and share best practice examples to improve the educational program.
• Model effective teaching practice.
• Assess children’s learning and development
• Maintain expert knowledge of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and support the Centre performance to meet and/or exceed all National Quality Standards (NQS)..
• Actively contribute and support the Centre’s continuous improvement and contribute to the self assessment
• Deliver specific learning program and practice for children 3-5 years of age
• Develop meaningful pedagogical documentation and reflective practice.
• Embed Aboriginal and Torres Strat Islander perspectives

• Inclusion in Educators ratio and children’s supervision
• Educational Leadership
• Delivery of Quality Care and Children’s programs •
• Staff Management and Leadership •
• Partnerships with families and communities
• General administration functions

• To build the capacity of ECEC services to provide quality inclusive environments for children with additional needs that supports their wellbeing and development.
• To promote awareness of and responsiveness to the identified priority groups including: Children with disability, including children with ongoing high support needs, Children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Children from a refugee or humanitarian intervention background, Indigenous children
• To assist ECEC services to respond to the needs of children from the priority groups through the provision of high quality, inclusive environments