WHAT MAKES TG’S CHILD CARE BIG FAMILY OF EDUCATORS SPECIAL?

WHAT MAKES TG’S CHILD CARE BIG FAMILY OF EDUCATORS SPECIAL?

✦ Families who have been in TG’s Child Care have often commented that it is a place that feels ´just right´.

Families who have been in TG’s Child Care have often commented that it is a place that feels ‘just right’. They can’t quite put a finger on it, but just being in TG’s playspaces and transition areas you feel right at home.

In fact, this warm, loving feeling starts right at the very door of TG’s.

TG’s Educators are there to greet children when they enter

in the mornings, so there’s always a warm smile waiting for every single child. TG’s Educators make up the TG’s Family, and they are at the core of what makes TG’s magic work so well through the generations and across campuses.

When you are in each of TG’s communities, it’s easy to spot who the TG’s Educators are. Start a conversation with them and you’ll notice these four beautiful characteristics of TG’s Educators!

1. Home away from Home

TG’s Educators do not consider going to TG’s as going to “work”. For them, it’s their extended family and second home. So it’s not just the children who are jumping out of bed and eager to get to TG’s every day. The educators are the same!

What makes TG’s stand out is how it supports and nurtures their educators with the same importance as the learning journey they create for the children.

TG’s is a home away from home for the educators because here, they are heard, valued, respected and cared for. Anyone who has experienced the loving and nurturing environment at TG’s will find that going to TG’s is what they love doing every day. It’s not work, it’s not a chore, it’s going home!

2. Children are their World

TG’s Educators are highly committed to really understanding the world of a child, and this involves being attentive to every single child and noticing their interests, preferences and unique gifts, taking into account their experiences and respecting their individual learning journey, noticing how they are growing and celebrating their milestones. And that happens every day, in every activity!

TG’s Educators are also hungry to learn more so they often do not stop at one certification and want to keep improving themselves in the area of early childhood education. And TG’s is there behind them to support their own individual professional development.

TG’s goes the extra mile for their educators. For TG’s magic to work, it is not enough to only look after the children’s needs. TG’s team leaders

are there to look after their team as well, so each TG’s educator is also well taken care of and supported to reach their fullest potential and grow through leadership opportunities.

A beautiful example of this can be seen in Bron Byers, Centre Manager of TG’s Child Care Uralla and Meg Barnden-Hyde, Centre Manager at TG’s Child Care Armidale.

They were both parents at TG’s and they (and their children!) loved the experience so much they didn’t want it to end. They trained as educators and worked their way up to being team leaders and now they are proud Centre Managers with a team of educators under their wings!

They give a whole new meaning to the idea of TG’s extended family. In fact, Bron and Meg are affectionately known as Mother Hens at TG’s! They love being mothers and that does not stop when they go to TG’s. They are mothers to the children and to their team.

3. Personal Learning Journey

Because TG’s Educators are so wellsupported at TG’s, they never stop growing and see every opportunity as a gift.

Their personal learning journeys are important to TG’s. TG’s Educators have a lot of drive and passion. They know what they want and how to get it. Because TG’s Educators paddle the canoe together, they support each other’s growth and have each other’s backs. When an educator achieves a milestone in their personal journey, their team is there to celebrate their success. It’s not about being better. It’s about being better together.

Studying while working (and having a family) is no walk in the park. TG’s makes it easy for educators by being

flexible and most of all, encouraging and loving in helping educators achieve their goals without burning out. This enables educators to give their absolute best in all areas of their lives, and they’re not put in a situation where they have to sacrifice one thing for another.

TG’s Educators are as eager as the children to learn and grow every single day!

4. Letting their Inner Child Play

TG’s Educators are so good at what they do because they recognise what children enjoy and need.

What makes an educator stand out is how they are able to keenly observe what each child’s unique needs and interests are, to identify their gifts and create different opportunities for the children to develop these gifts.

To be able to do that, educators need to remember what they themselves loved doing as a child, and to be able to tap into that valuable skill of knowing what it was like to be a child. This puts them in the shoes of the children, and they can see the world from their eyes.

After all, Playing is Learning for Life at TG’s, and educators are also excellent experts at play, just as the children are.

So when you next strike up a random conversation with someone on the bus or on a bench in the park, see if you can identify who is a TG’s educator who has these characteristics - home is also TG’s, their passion is helping children grow into their fullest beautiful selves, they never stop learning, and they are great at playing! That’s TG’s unique recipe for making an amazing TG’s educator!

TG’s Child Care offer Preschool and Long Day Care services for children from 6 weeks to 6 years. Check out one of TG’s Child Care near you:

www.tgschildcare.com.au