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Careers at our Long Day Care Centre

Northside Montessori School encompasses Stepping Stones Montessori Long Day Care. We are a multi-cultural, non-denominational primary school, pre-school and long day care in Pymble and Turramurra NSW for children aged 6 months to 12 years of age. If you are a person wishing to make a difference in education by impacting young children’s lives then you will get tremendous satisfaction in working at our Stepping Stones Montessori Long Day Care centre.

We employ full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary or casual personnel to fill the staffing needs at Stepping Stones. Our staffing includes Early Childhood educators and Room Leaders for our early years’ programs from 6 months to 5 years. See below for current vacancies.

We accept “Expressions of Interest” applications at any time and we are keen to receive applications from people wishing to be added to our “Casual Staff List”.

For educator or assistant positions at Stepping Stones Montessori Long Day Care applicants must have the following:

Hold a Certificate III or Diploma in Children’s Services that is recognised by ACECQA – This can be checked at http://www.acecqa.gov.au/educators-and-providers1/qualifications
Hold a current first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma certificate recognised in Australia
Have permission to work in Australia for a minimum of 2 years.
Preferred experience in a Montessori setting

We also remunerate staff with an ECT qualification recognised by BOSTES according to the industrial agreement that applies at this level. You may refer to http://www.nswteachers.nsw.edu.au/

Current Vacancies

CASUAL STAFF

We accept “Expressions of Interest” applications at any time and we are keen to receive applications from people wishing to be added to our “Casual Staff List”. Click below for additional information

Stepping Stones Casual

The child can only develop by means of experience in his environment.

Maria Montessori

Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement,
the image of human dignity, which is derived from a sense of independence.

Maria Montessori

The child who has never learned to act alone, to direct his own actions, to govern her own will, grows into an adult who is easily led and must always lean upon others.

Maria Montessori

Movement is another of the child’s great acquisitions.

Maria Montessori

A place of beauty,simplicity and order. A place where they feel secure to trust their own powers.

Maria Montessori

A child’s work is to create the man he will become. An adult works to perfect the environment but a child works to perfect himself.

Maria Montessori

Never let a child risk failure until he has a reasonable chance of success.

Maria Montessori

Focus on the child’s needs within the context of family by recognising and responding to the unique influence that a family has in a child’s life; by working in partnership with families in meeting the child’s individual needs.