Career Pathways

As our main focus is the growth and development of our children, it should come as no surprise that we are equally focused on assisting our employees to do the same with their careers. We love nothing more than seeing our educators and team members following a path of career progression that takes them exactly to where they want to be. 

By supporting you to develop new skills, not only do we pave the way for career progression but we also help you to grow and feel more confident in your role. Your professional and personal development is our priority, enabling you to do a job you love and reap the rewards. 

We have a continuous commitment to learning and development to encourage you to be your best. We do this by offering mentoring, leadership development programs, traineeships, ongoing study assistance and by encouraging activities to increase team cohesion. Creating an engaging work environment where people love to come to work every day is at the heart of our workplace culture.

We also offer opportunities for growth through our Bachelor and Diploma sponsorship programs, offering financial support and paid study time while you are undertaking a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) or Diploma in Children’s Services.

At Petit, you can progress into a variety of roles within our centres. With inhouse coaching and mentoring as well as professional development opportunities, we will encourage you to grow your career with us.

If you’d like to work with and learn from some of Australia’s most passionate and experienced early childhood educators, please search our latest positions.

Kelly Goodsir 

Since I can remember I always knew I would be a teacher.  What I now know is being a teacher is also about being a learner.  Both of which I embrace.  My 20 years in the early childhood profession has provided a wide scope of experiences across the sector which connected with my passion provides a great platform for the delivery of innovative and customised approaches to training and coaching.  Previous roles have included:

• Teacher
• Service Director
• Educational Leader – single and multiple sites
• NCAC Validator & NQS Assessor with changeover
• Professional Development Trainer 

“Creating Spaces for Learning”
then we
“Live in the Learning”

I am strongly influenced by my New Zealand heritage, which includes the framework in which I was trained as an early childhood teacher ‘Te Whaariki’.  I view the context of early childhood as an interwoven fabric, where children, families, community and ECE professionals work together in making decisions about ‘teaching & learning’.  I believe in:

• A strong image of the child (and educator)
• Environments that support learning
• Documentation that makes thinking & learning visible
• The art of reflective practice
• Being connected and present as a teacher

KELLY GOODSIR
Managing Director

Masters of Educational Leadership ECE, current
​Cert IV in Training & Assessment, upgrade/current
Reggio Emilia Study Tour, 2016, Italy
Bachelor in Early Childhood Studies, 2010, AUS
Diploma Teaching Early Childhood, 1997, NZ

Nicole Talarico

I am a consultant in the early childhood field who supports services with high quality practice & ongoing improvement planning. I deliver Professional Learning through conferences nationwide as well as via local government professional learning programs.

I have successful coaching practices that have been outlined in early childhood publications primarily supporting educational leaders and teams in the sector. I mentor educators in varying roles in the early childhood field; Directors, room leaders, co educators, educational leaders, sustainability officers, management teams, cluster managers to name just a few.

I have intensely driven environmental & sustainable practices through leading project groups in a number of children’s services and showcased these achievements for cluster & conference presentations. My ability to relate to others comes from extensive experience working in long day care, sessional preschool, coordinating Melbourne University’s Vacation Care programs and from tertiary supervision for Melbourne University.

I began my journey in long day & sessional pre school. I later worked in local government children’s services teams and managed a childcare field officer team before becoming an early childhood consultant at Gowrie Victoria.

I am a mother to four children and I am also the founding Director of Medical Action Bag supporting first aid & environmental practices in Australia & New Zealand

Childcare Alliance – The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) is a not-for-profit, member-funded organisation advocating for the future of Australia’s children. They work on behalf of long day care owners and operators to ensure families and their children have an opportunity to access affordable, high quality early learning services throughout Australia.

childcarealliance.org.au

Sleep Smart –