Teacher Mentor

**Role**: Teacher Mentor

**Location**: Melbourne and Inner Suburbs

**Employment Type**: Full-Time | Flexible work arrangement

We’re Goodstart

With 16,500 “Goodstarter” team members across nearly 700 centres nurturing 70,000 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

Our vision is for Australia’s children to have the best possible start in life. From our centre directors to centre teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

We're seeking a highly motivated Teacher Mentor who is focused on developing and supporting their people to make the difference to children and families every day. Goodstart’s Pedagogy and Practice Team and State based teams are key contributors that enable our organisation to achieve its goals and objectives for high quality early learning and the Teacher Mentor is a key member of this team.

Your Impact;
Provide mentoring support to new teachers to develop high quality teaching strategies and classroom management skills.
Maintain currency knowledge of ERS, NQF, NQS, EYLF/VEYLDF and Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) practice.
Ensure State Practice Improvement Team interventions comply with all legislation that applies to children - Child Protection, National Regulations and Workplace Health and safety.
Recognise and respond to safety issues proactively and support centres to comply with all legislation that applies to children - Child Protection, National Regulations and Workplace Health and safety.
Provide a supportive role in promoting high quality and continuous improvement in early childhood education and care across the organisation
Lead, mentor and coach to challenge and encourage professional growth, skills development, commitment and continuous improvement.
Carry out centre visits across the network to build relationships, understand teachers in context, advocate/support teachers when issues arise.
Support inclusive practices in centre’s educational program and practice.
Promote quality and continuous improvement in early childhood education and care within the organisation.

You’ll bring to the table;
Minimum 4-year Early Childhood qualification from a recognised university.
Extensive and recent practice-based early childhood teacher education experience (aged birth to 8 years).
Sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework, other State based approved/recognised learning guidelines and the National Quality Standard.
Teacher registration/ accreditation at proficient level (NSW, SA, VIC, WA, QLD)
Working knowledge of, or the ability to acquire, the relevant State or Territory legislation and National Quality Framework.
Experience of supporting a team and being a team member.
Sound understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

What Goodstart can offer you;
Company Car, Laptop and Phone
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
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
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
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

**How to apply**:
Supporting our people and protecting our children

We are an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We support and encourage individual growth and strong teams that are made up of many different cultures and backgrounds.

We are deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel connected and a strong sense of belonging. By weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives through all that we do, we aim to build knowledge and a deeper understanding of our First Nations People and culture for all in our team

**Posting Notes**: PORT MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE || VIC || Australia (AU) || j2wDept || SF: LI || Bachelor (ECT) 4yr || Full-Time