Sparrow Leadership.

Sparrow Service Managers are passionate Early Childhood Professionals who strive to achieve the Sparrow Philosophy and Vision and Values. The Service Manager works in partnership with families and the Studio Educators to ensure they are involved with every part of the children’s learning journey at Sparrow. The child is always at the heart of everything at Sparrow Early Learning and this is why the Service Manager works alongside other leaders  to ensure all elements of the children’s development, education, community/ cultural learning and wellbeing is supported and grown in a positive way.

Our Service Managers lead, to Inspire – Nurture – Grow children’s learning every day!

2ICs provide opportunities for families to become involved and encourage participation in decision-making and experiences. They provide open and trusting communication with all families and ensure all operational elements are meeting Child Care Regulations/ Laws alongside the Service Manager.

Promoting the highest standards of care for the children in accordance with the National Quality Standard is paramount. Working with the Service Leaders and collaborating with all educators to ensure that the play-based programs and learning environments are continually improving and providing quality learning experiences for the all children.

Educational Leaders ensure children’s learning and development at the service are guided by the learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework and/or the Framework for School Age Care (My time Our Place) or other approved learning frameworks (Victorian and QLD Kindergarten Frameworks). A willingness to listen as well as coach, mentor and reflect alongside their team to create a learning community to grow knowledge of theories, learning and development.

As part of the leadership team at each Sparrow Early learning Service the Educational Leaders embed the philosophy, Sparrow values and vision in daily practices. They also ensure the National Quality Standards are in action with a focus (Areas 1-3-5-6-7) on the educational programs, learning environments, interactions with children and their families alongside leadership. Our Educational Leaders ensure the highest level of care and education is provided for the children, throughout every element of the Service.

This role is responsible to provide support to all educators within the service in their general health and well-being. They are an enthusiastic Leader who advocates for health and wellbeing of all Educators at the Service. They have positive relationships with all educators and ensure communication around children’s wellbeing state is always monitored. This role also provides, assistance to the Service Manager in providing mentoring sessions, support time, planning special service events and putting a fun approach into teamwork.

The Sustainability Leader provides education to children, staff and families in order to create positive changes within the service and local community. They focus on creating and implementing projects building on children’s knowledge about how to improve the environment.

Each Sustainability Leader has a focus to:

• Replace plastic equipment with resources made of natural materials
• Source resources from second-hand stores
• Implement the reduce, re-use and recycle program
• Establish and maintain edible gardens

The Cultural Leader works alongside the Leadership team to embed meaningful and authentic cultural awareness for all involved at the Service and community. To support this, the Cultural Leader’s goals link to the National Quality Standard Area 6 Partnerships with Families and Community, the Sparrow Philosophy and Sparrow Values and Vision.

Inclusion practices and being present with the children and families to form strong connections, is how each Cultural Leader gains valuable information that can then be shared and support all children’s learning journey through honouring their own traditions, backgrounds, cultural beliefs while growing knowledge and an openness to all other cultures.

The Cook promotes a positive and responsive environment for the children, their families and the Sparrow team. They provide information on healthy eating and lifestyles to the families. They create and display the weekly culinary menu for families to discuss and engage with their children.

The Cook is also responsible for assisting the Educational Leader with the planning and execution of all cooking experiences with the children.