Tag: preschool teacher
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Hidden job market in early childhood education and care
Most educators looking for work in early childhood head straight to SEEK, Indeed or Jora, refresh the page every morning, and wait. Fair enough. That is what we are all taught to do. As a journalist, I always try to find sneaky ways or hidden vacancies. This will surpise you 🙂 A lot of the…
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Forager Pedagogy – well, that’s something new
Today I’ve learned about a new approach called forager pedagogy. This pedagogy is grounded in First Nations perspectives, which, as you know, are an important part of the EYLF and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. Our core curriculum documents. A foraging approach means you are someone who forages. Picking mushrooms, berries. Something…
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The tired ones, and why boundaries are professional
I want to talk about the people who leave. Over the years, I have watched a lot of good educators walk away from this work: colleagues I once stood beside on the floor, students I taught thirteen years ago, and people I studied with back in 2010. Most of them still loved working with children:…
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What the documents call us, and why it matters
I want to show you something small that changed how I read our own curriculum frameworks. I went looking for the word each one uses for me, the person standing in the room with the children. The three central documents gave me three different answers. The Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics (2016) calls me…
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The new VEYLDF approved framework: what changed?
If you’re applying for an educator role in Victoria, there’s one document the panel expects you to know before you walk in. It’s the VEYLDF, and in government-funded kinders it isn’t optional. Here’s the part most applicants skip. Download the new framework here 👇🏻 Ochre Artwork by Annette Sax (Taungurung), developed in collaboration with Dr…