ECMS staff
ECMS staff are all at appropriate levels of training for the positions they occupy. We aim to provide optimum level child/staff ratios at all of our centres, in accordance with government requirements.
Other staff related points of difference at ECMS centres include:
- Program planning time is provided above award requirements.
- Extensive professional development is provided for all staff. An annual calendar of free, regular professional development plus a full day conference each year.
- The service is supported by regular visits from early childhood specialists providing support and advice with staffing, programming, maintenance, regulations, parent/ family issues, committee issues and behavioural/child developmental issues.
- All kindergarten teachers working as kindergarten teachers in childcare services are employed under the MECA (2005).
- Staff are well resourced with up to date early childhood information and membership of a variety of early childhood organisations; FKA Multicultural Resource Centre, OMEP and ECA.
- Scholarships & awards are available for staff.
- Specialist cleaners clean our services every night not the staff!
- Cooks are employed in each service to deliver nutritionally balanced food that meet the needs of the children in the service.
- Program planning time is provided above award requirements.
- Extensive professional development is provided for all staff. An annual calendar of free, regular professional development plus a full day conference each year.
- The service is supported by regular visits from early childhood specialists providing support and advice with staffing, programming, maintenance, regulations, parent/ family issues, committee issues and behavioural/child developmental issues.
- All kindergarten teachers working as kindergarten teachers in childcare services are employed under the MECA (2005).
- Individualised, developmentally appropriate programs are provided for each child; covering numeracy and literacy, music, cognitive development, fine and gross motor skills and all areas of early childhood development
- Community involvement is welcomed, with parents invited to join a committee and have a voice in the service.
- As a not for profit organisation the children, families and staff are the primary consideration for the service.