Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time (38 hours per week) + $2.5k ECT sign-on bonus! (after successful probation)  

Pay: $45.45 - $68.53 per hour (based on experience)  

• Make a lasting impact while growing an incredible career
• Competitive salary package on par with state primary school Teachers
• Get 50% discount off your childcare gap fees + paid parental leave
• Potential sponsorship options available 

Are you ready to bring your knowledge and creativity to a place where you’ll be truly valued? Do you dream of shaping pedagogy and practice in your classroom? Are you passionate about crafting a curriculum that resonates with children’s needs, interests, and ideas? If so, we'd love to explore the amazing opportunities we have just for you.  

As an Early Childhood Teacher at Goodstart, you'll ignite a love of learning in children, guiding their development with purposeful and energetic teaching practices. You'll build strong, meaningful relationships with families, ensuring every child feels a profound sense of belonging and is supported to thrive. Your passion for teaching will shine through as you mentor and inspire educational practices in your room, collaborating with our centre leadership team to develop, review, and implement high-quality early learning programs, achieving outstanding outcomes for our children.  

Join us at Goodstart, where your passion and creativity will transform young lives and enrich your teaching career.  

About Goodstart Forbes: 

• Our welcoming centre caters for up to 75 children across our Nursery, Toddler and Preschool rooms. With a homelike feel, it’s a place where both children and educators feel comfortable and supported.
• We are in a convenient residential area, close to schools, shops and local facilities — making excursions easy to manage and offering staff added convenience at the end of the day to run personal errands.
• Our team are actively involved in our wider community - we participate in local community events such as ANZAC Day, with educators and children marching and laying a wreath, the Australia Day parade and NAIDOC day community celebrations. We are also actively involved in the Birth to Kinder Reading Downtown Day.

You’ll need:

• Bachelor of Early Childhood or equivalent qualification (ACECQA approved)
• Current NSW Working with Children Check and First Aid qualification
• Hold active accreditation with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

  If you have prior experience as a Teacher in a school or early learning setting, or if you are new to the profession and embarking on your first role, we invite you to connect with us! Our team welcomes teachers from all backgrounds and experiences.