Jackie Faranda-Pluke Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mentoring Provisionally Registered Teachers in programming and practice and guiding them through the Victorian Institute of Teaching's Inquiry project process to Full Registration.

Rowville, Victoria, Australia

Duties: • Responsible for the day to day operation of the kindergarten program. • A vibrant, interesting, varied and appropriate children’s program is developed and implemented to meet the ongoing needs of the children.• Continuing to work closely with the Director ensuring open communication on all issues pertaining to program and regulatory requirements of the service• Supervising and maintaining health, hygiene and safety mattes.• Actively encouraging parent involvement in implementing the program of the service.• Providing monthly newsletters for families.• Providing an effect orientation to parents and their children ensuring their needs are met.• Maintaining effect administrative, time and workload management skills.• Continuing to attend and contribute to relevant meetings and in-services.• Continuing to keep abreast of current early childhood education issues.• Continuing to liaise with relevant early childhood support services and other professional services and organizations within the community.• Observations and children’s individual records are maintained daily to ensure a stimulating, challenging program is implemented.Reflecting on practices and program regularly.• Planning and implementing incursions and excursions in relation to pre-school program.Completing Transition reports and Summative assessments in a timely manner.• Supervising students and collecting and checking required documentation.

Being accountable for the overall operation, management, administration and financial viability of the child care service. Ensuring....Teaching and supporting Pre-Schoolers into first year of school.• Staff are supported in the provision of quality child care, that meets the needs of individual and groups of children and supports their learning in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework• The children, staff and families of the child care community are liaised with, and encouraged to contribute to the quality and success of the service• Quality care is provided to meet the individual and group needs of young children in a respectful, supportive, equitable and inclusive manner• A vibrant, interesting, varied and appropriate children’s program is developed and implemented to meet the ongoing needs of the children• The philosophy, policies and procedures of the Service are developed, reviewed by all relevant parties, are upheld, and implemented to meet relevant requirements • The children and families of the children’s centre community are encouraged to contribute to the quality and success of the service• General supervision and leadership is provided for all employees within the service• Licensing and all statutory and quality assurance issues are managed and complied with. The service attains and maintains Quality Assurance accreditation including Quality Improvement Plan• Responsibility for the welfare of children and staff in emergency situations• Pedagogical leadership is provided to ensure quality care and education programs for children, and direction, support and continuous learning for staff• Licensing regulations are met as minimum operational standards within the service• The service implements the Early Years Learning Framework and enforces the NQS• All relevant legal and statutory requirements are monitored, complied with and implemented and lodged on time with the ATO.

• Responsible for the day to day operation, control and program of the center in consultation with the Committee of Management• Meeting the requirements of the pre-school funding criteria, the Children’s Services Regulations 1998, the Children’s Services Act 1996, and the policies and procedures of the service• Continuing to work closely with the Committee of Management ensuring open communication on all issues pertaining to employment, management, finances, program and regulatory requirements of the service• Supervising and maintaining health, hygiene and safety mattes.• Actively encouraging parent involvement in implementing the program of the service.• Providing monthly written reports for the Committee of Management concerning the overall of the center.• Providing an effect orientation to parents and their children ensuring their needs are met.• Maintaining effect administrative, time and workload management skills.• Continuing to attend and contribute to relevant meetings and in-services.• Continuing to keep abreast of current children’s services issues.• Continuing to liaise with relevant early childhood support services and other professional services and organisations within the community.• Continuing to develop, in consultation with parents co-workers/teachers, an educational stimulating and creative program appropriate to the individual developmental needs and interests of the children. The program reflects the service policies, the needs of the community and is culturally appropriate at all times.• Observations and children’s individual records are maintained daily.• Planning and implementing excursions in relation to pre-school program.• Organising and supervising maintenance staff. Allocating duties when necessary.• Organising and supervising relief staff and students and collecting and checking required documentation.

Bachelor Of Education (Early Childhood), Early Childood Education, Honours Division B

Activities and Societies: ECE

Cert Iv In Training And Assessment, Workforce Development And Training, Completed

Associate Diploma Of Social Science, Child Care Provider/Assistant

Associate Diploma of Social Science

Completed Year 11, Secondary Schooling

Secondary Schooling