Director / Teacher

Permanent part time position, Thursday and Friday
- Grow with us with unrivalled support for your learning and development
- Above Award Rates

**Where Every Child Flourishes**

We are Queensland's biggest childcare and kindergarten provider with nearly 350 early services located across our sunny state. We strive to encourage a love of learning through our curriculum of Listening and Learning Together

Our team are driven by our purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed and passionate about our culture of collaboration, inclusivity and dedication to the growth of all our people, little or otherwise

**_ C&K Norfolk Village Community Kindergarten_** opened in January 2012. We are a single unit kindergarten catering to 22 children. Community spirit is important to us at C&K Norfolk Village Community Kindergarten. We foster our strong ties to the local community by encouraging parent involvement in the daily operations of the kindergarten.

A wonderful opportunity has come available for an experienced Early Childhood Professional to join the Centre as the **_Director Teacher_**. As the Director Teacher you will be a part of a Centre which is proud to be a part of the community.

**The benefits**:
You will be given training and support to C&K's new revised curriculum "Listening & Learning Together". 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.

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
- C&K pays for our permanent staff to have a paid blue card and renewals
- 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
- Bachelor's Degree in early childhood or equivalent (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching qualification)
- Current registration with the Queensland College of Teachers desirable
- Knowledge of National Quality Framework and Standards ("NQF" and "NQS"), the Queensland Kindergarten guidelines
- Current paid or Exemption Blue Card
- Current First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis
- 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
- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring and supporting early childhood education and care services/programs to deliver high quality outcomes, and in building a capable and engaged workforce.

Evidence of sound professional experience that shows initiative and strong sense of personal responsibility for meeting objectives, modelling of professional and ethical behaviour, commitment to personal development; and display or courage in the provision of advice and decision making.

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes a police check. Also, all C&K employees will need to have obtained their 1st and 2nd vaccinations for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

location: Gold Coast, QLD