Job Description
Early Childhood Teacher | Lucknow
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Brand-new 88-place centre opening November ****
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This is your opportunity to help build a kindergarten program from the beginning.
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At Journey Early Learning Lucknow, you won't be stepping into someone else's established program. You'll have the opportunity to bring your professional knowledge, ideas and teaching practice into a brand-new environment and help shape what kindergarten looks like from day one.
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And you'll have an Educational Leader, Centre Leadership Team and broader Journey professional network around you.
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Competitive remuneration + applicable ECEC Worker Retention Payment
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Additional Teacher Leave, in accordance with Journey's applicable arrangements
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Journey Childcare Discount, subject to eligibility and applicable terms
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Paid Birthday Leave
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Dedicated professional development through Journey Academy
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ECT mentoring and professional support
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Support for provisionally registered teachers progressing through the VIT inquiry process
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A dedicated Educational Leader working alongside you
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Genuine career and leadership development opportunities
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Build the kindergarten program you want to teach in.
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Journey Early Learning Lucknow is a brand-new 88-place, five-room centre opening in November ****.
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As an Early Childhood Teacher within the founding team, you'll help establish a kindergarten program that reflects the children, families and community around you.
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You'll have the opportunity to create a learning environment where children's voice, agency, curiosity and ideas genuinely influence the curriculum.
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This is about more than delivering an existing program.
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It's an opportunity to help build one.
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Teach with a team around you.
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As an Early Childhood Teacher, you'll:
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Design and deliver meaningful kindergarten learning experiences
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Observe, assess and extend children's learning
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Develop a responsive program informed by children's strengths, interests and ideas
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Create opportunities that support children's voice, autonomy and agency
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Build strong and respectful partnerships with families
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Support children's transition to school
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Work collaboratively with educators across the centre
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Contribute professional knowledge to reflection and continuous improvement
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Partner closely with your Educational Leader and Centre Manager
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Create a safe, inclusive and engaging environment for every child
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Supported to grow your teaching practice.
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At Journey, you won't be expected to develop your teaching practice in isolation.
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Your Educational Leader will work alongside you, supported by your Centre Manager, Centre Quality Manager and Journey's broader skilled ecosystem.
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You'll also have access to Journey's ECT mentoring approach, including coaching, professional feedback and support for provisionally registered teachers progressing through the VIT inquiry process.
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Through Journey Academy and our broader learning and development opportunities, you'll have continued opportunities to grow your practice and career.
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What you'll bring
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You will ideally hold:
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An ACECQA-approved Early Childhood Teaching qualification
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Current VIT registration, or eligibility to obtain registration
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Strong knowledge of the EYLF and National Quality Standard
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An understanding of contemporary early childhood pedagogy
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Confidence designing, implementing and evaluating kindergarten programs
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Strong communication and family-partnership skills
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A collaborative approach to working with educators and leaders
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A commitment to inclusive practice and children's agency
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A genuine commitment to child safety and safeguarding
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Considering a move to East Gippsland?
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You don't need to already live in Lucknow or Bairnsdale to start a conversation with us.
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We welcome Early Childhood Teachers from Melbourne,



regional Victoria and interstate who may be considering a move to East Gippsland.
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If the opportunity sounds right but the location requires a move, we'd still encourage you to have a conversation with us about what may be possible.
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Why Journey?
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At Journey, we recognise the professional role Early Childhood Teachers play in shaping children's learning and preparing them for the transition to school.
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You'll have access to professional mentoring, Journey Academy, a dedicated Educational Leader and the broader specialist ecosystem around our centres.
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For Lucknow, you'll also have the opportunity to establish something from the beginning.
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Your kindergarten program. Your teaching practice. A brand-recent centre around you.
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Ready to build something new?
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If you're an Early Childhood Teacher who wants genuine influence over the program you teach and the learning environment you help create, we'd love to hear from you.
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Child safety at Journey
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Journey Early Learning is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and to creating environments where every child is safe, supported, respected and heard.
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As a Victorian Early Childhood Employer, we expect all employees to actively uphold the Victorian Child Safe Standards, applicable child protection obligations and Journey's safeguarding requirements.
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As an Early Childhood Teacher, you'll play an important role in creating learning environments where children's rights, voice, safety and wellbeing are reflected in everyday practice.
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Journey's See, Act, Tell Safeguarding framework supports our teams to recognise concerns, respond appropriately and speak up when something does not feel right.
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All appointments are subject to Journey's pre-employment screening and child safety requirements, including the relevant Working with Children Check, VIT registration and any other checks, qualifications or clearances required for the role.
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Journey Early Learning is a Child Safe Organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children in our care.

📌 Early Childhood Teacher | Lucknow (Victoria)
🏢 Journey Early Learning Group
📍 Victoria