Job Description

Bachelor Qualified | Current or Provisional NESA Accreditation | Full-Time | North Ryde Sydney New South Wales

We're looking for an Early Childhood Teacher to lead a classroom team who wants to practise at the top of their training, in a team that will challenge and back them in equal measure.

Our commitment to child safety

The safety, rights and wellbeing of every child in our care is our paramount priority — above all else.

360 Early Education is a Child Safe Organisation. We implement the Child Safe Standards under the NSW Child Safe Scheme and expect every member of our team to actively uphold them. We have zero tolerance for child abuse. All team members are required to read, sign and uphold our Child Safe Code of Conduct as a condition of employment.

If this commitment resonates with how you already think and teach, read on.

About this role

We're seeking an Early Childhood Teacher to join the team at 360 Early Education North Ryde. You'll hold the educational vision for your room — designing and leading a responsive, research-informed curriculum, building deep relationships with children and families, and bringing your pedagogical expertise to a team that genuinely wants to learn from you.

Who we are

We're a family-owned, community-rooted early education provider with an unbroken 14-year record of exceeding the National Quality, consistently placing us in the top 5% of private Long Day Care providers nationally.

Our curriculum is built on a clear educational philosophy, not a commercial package:

• The THRIVE Program develops executive function, self-regulation and social skills from birth — grounded in attachment theory and the science of early learning
• Beyond the Classroom takes children into the world: bush school, swim school, the Australian Museum, project-driven excursions designed and led by our teachers
• Our Creative Arts program celebrates known and emerging artists, using dance, drama and creative expression as genuine cognitive and social tools
• STEM treats children as scientists from birth — fostering wonder, creativity and innovation in every room
• Language, Literature and Literacy puts language everywhere, because we believe developing a relationship with literature starts long before school

We have active partnerships with universities and major cultural institutions. Our teachers shape those partnerships — they're not delivered to you; they're built with you.

"My growth at 360 has taken me from a graduate Early Childhood Teacher to a room leader to — five years later — a part-time university lecturer. The programs are cutting edge, the people are amazing, and the service continues to innovate and keep everyone growing and learning." — Sheryl Ho, former 360 educator and university lecturer

What you'll do

As an Early Childhood Teacher at 360, you are the educational authority in your room. You'll work alongside a team of educators and report to the Educational Leader and Nominated Supervisor, bringing professional depth and pedagogical rigour to everything the room does.

Curriculum and pedagogy

• Design and lead a responsive curriculum grounded in the EYLF, informed by current research, and genuinely driven by children's interests and emerging capabilities
• Lead the planning cycle — observing, documenting, analysing and revising with intention and scholarly rigour
• Embed child-safe practice into the educational program as a pedagogical value, not a compliance layer
• Contribute to the service's Quality Improvement Plan with the perspective of a qualified teacher

Professional leadership

• Share your pedagogical thinking with the educators in your room — your qualification is a resource for the whole team
• Engage with the Educational Leader as a professional partner, not just a line manager
• Stay current: bring new research, new approaches, and new ideas into your practice and into the team's conversations
• Model reflective teaching — including in how you respond to children's safety and wellbeing

Family partnership

• Build genuine educational partnerships with families — sharing the curriculum's rationale, not just its outputs
• Hold the developmental narrative for each child in your care, communicating it with clarity and warmth
• Facilitate the kind of trust that makes the important conversations possible when they need to happen

Child safety

• Lead by example in implementing child-safe practices — including a culture of consent and respectful, boundaried relationships with children at all times
• Understand and fulfil your mandatory reporting obligations without hesitation
• Recognise and respond to any concern about a child's safety or wellbeing in accordance with 360's Child Protection Policy and the law

What we're looking for

Qualifications and registration

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education or ACECQA-approved equivalent qualification |Full Time
• Current or Provisional NESA accreditation (NSW). Provisional accreditation is welcome — we will support your pathway to full accreditation
• Current First Aid, CPR and Child Protection training
• Experience working in Long Day Care in Australia is required
• Completion of National Child Safety Training Foundation and advanced

Why join us

Pay and conditions

Salary range: $42- $45 per hour

Apply via: www.360earlyeducation.com.au/careers or through Seek

Questions? Reach out to Jessica Mckay at northryde@360earlyeducation.com.au or call +61 2 7235 8700.

We review applications as they arrive and move quickly for the right person.

360 Early Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all educators. We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.