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I have been working at Clovel since 2009.

I began as a trainee and have had an amazing journey of both learning and teaching that has led me to becoming a Nominated Supervisor. I love interacting with and educating each and every child as they learn through play with our wide variety of activities covering all areas of development. I feel it is an enormous pleasure to not only love teaching the children and watching them grow and learn, but to also have the pleasure of learning along with the children. I love that I can build great relationships and bonds with all the children I spend my days with. As a leader, I love to challenge myself to find new and efficient ways to get things done. I love to teach and guide the staff and try to be a role model to my colleagues. I pride myself on being as helpful as I can, always trying to give others a hand wherever and whenever I can.

I have been working with Clovel since 2012 and I’ve loved every minute of it.

To me, it is an absolute blessing and privilege to be able to help shape little minds, watch the children grow, develop their personalities, and gain great knowledge and skills that they will take into their ‘big’ school years and beyond. When you work with children and in a team environment that is full of love, happiness, adventure and many different personalities, there is not a single day the same as the one before, and that is what makes this job unique and unlike any other. As a Nominated Supervisor with Clovel I take pride in my ability to not only lead the children in their learning but also to lead all of our educators in their learning as well as they move through their studies and gain more and more experience caring for, developing, nurturing and educating the children each day.

I always knew I wanted to work with children.

I joined the Clovel family and began my career in 2002. I wanted to make a difference and especially for those children who are less fortunate, to provide a second home, to give as much love to them as I could. I really enjoy watching the children grow and develop, hitting all their milestones and celebrating all their successes. Every day is a different day, always fun with many laughs and hugs along the way. I love to watch the imaginative and creative skills the children utilise to turn what one would think was nothing much into something fantastic and go to places you never dreamed you would go - and the children absolutely love it. I love watching the big smiles and getting warm hugs every morning and afternoon. You know you have made an impact when you see their happy faces and you feel the bonds you have created. As a long-standing educator and Nominated Supervisor with Clovel I also reflect on my own years of learning and being trained in the Clovel way and how valuable that experience has been for me. Thus, I am very conscious of ensuring that I am the best leader and teacher of other educators that I can be to give them the greatest chance to thrive as educators with Clovel and our Clovel children.

I joined the Clovel family in 2002. Growing up I struggled with my learning and most of my teachers didn’t change their teaching style to the way that I learn.

It is such a rewarding job – in fact I do not consider it to be a job. I consider it to be a pleasure to be able influence and shape the minds and lives of the young children who are within my care. Every day is a new day. I am not only able to teach the children, but they are also teaching me as they shine through their different stages of development. Through this I can see them start to walk or struggle with a puzzle, and then it happens, the smiles on their faces as they master new skills makes me proud to be a part of their lives. The children never fail to bring a smile to my day. I also feel blessed that as a Nominated Supervisor not only to I have the pleasure of caring for, developing, nurturing and educating the children I also have the opportunity to replicate these features with other Clovel educators. It gives me a warm sense of pride to watch the educators I lead and teach shine in their interactions with the children we spend our days with, their families and their Clovel colleagues.

I joined the Clovel family in 2009. I love being an educator as I enjoy being part of the children’s’ lives and helping them grow, learn, develop and give them the vital building blocks that they will need to take into their school life and beyond as they grow into the young men and women they will become.

I became an educator to assist in the development and learning of children and I’m driven by my desire to make a change for children when it really matters, in the first 5 years of their growing bodies and learning minds. I enjoy doing fun and educational activities with the children, but most importantly, I just love playing with them. As a Nominated Supervisor with Clovel I also take great pride in leading my team of educators by example and encouraging them to approach each day with the passion I believe is vital to achieving our Clovel goals of ensuring each or our children have a love of learning that will hold them in good stead as they enter school life and beyond.

I joined the Clovel Family in 2015 and have worked my way up from trainee to Nominated Supervisor during this time.

I love working and providing the foundations for the children to grow and learn and to build them up for the next stages of their lives and beyond. I have seen many smiling faces come through the Clovel Family, starting as babies in the Cottage, moving to the Day Nursery as toddlers and then transitioning to Granville as preschoolers. It’s an amazing feeling watching the children grow and achieve milestones throughout their lives and knowing you have been a fundamental part of their most important developmental years, the early years. It brings me great joy and warmth knowing that I can make a difference to the children that are going to be running the country one day, knowing I helped them achieve their goals. As a Nominated Supervisor I know that I am where I am today in my early childhood education and care journey very much in part due to the fabulous Clovel leaders and teachers who guided and supported me through my own learning journey and as such I take pleasure in replicating that which I myself was so fortunate to have experienced with the educators I lead and teach.

I joined the Clovel family in 2013. When I was young my teachers always went above and beyond with my education.

I feel so fortunate and grateful for their support. They inspired and motivated me to put that dedication forward to the next generation. I love being able to assist the children in their growth and achieve their goals. Their smiles, giggles and spontaneous conversations fill my heart each day. From a leadership perspective, as a Nominated Supervisor, I aspire to go above and beyond for my Clovel educators just as those teachers in my school years did for me because I know what a great impact they had on my learning and I want for them to be the best educators that they can be.

I have been an early childhood educator since 2014 and I believe that every child is unique.

My favourite teacher adapted to my learning style, and it made the world of difference to me. That teachers love and kindness inspired me to be an early childhood educator. I am living proof that if more teachers showed these qualities, we would have greater hope for the future of our children. I hope all the children in my care will remember an educator that cared for them, guided them through a high-quality child centred education, showed them love, kindness and never gave up on them. I also ensure that I fully support all of our Clovel educators to be the best educators that they can be and I make sure I adapt my training skills to each educators learning style as I know that is the best way that I can support them in their learning.