It’s our favourite time of the year! Our 2024 Affinity Awards nominations are rolling in with our highest ever number of employees and centres being recognised for an amazing year of early education and care. This year we have seen more than 800 nominations across more than 40 categories, ranging from performance to role-based recognition – with trainees, cooks, educators and teachers along with entire centre teams celebrating - supported of course by their biggest fans including our little people pictured from Milestones Early Learning Centre Ringwood. We are so proud of our people and all they have achieved - all the best to our 2024 nominees and many thanks to our supportive sponsors for this year's awards Modern Teaching Aids COS - Complete Office Supplies Hills Uniforms Australia PTY LTD Industry Graduates and Rockbuild Group #2024AffinityAwards #PotentialRealised #AffinityEducationGroup #SeriousFun Read more: https://lnkd.in/gQhStb3Y
Affinity Education Group
Education
Brisbane, QLD 7,528 followers
Inspiring early childhood education professionals to share a love of lifelong learning - and reach their full potential.
About us
Welcome to Affinity Education Group! We're a values-led provider of early education, childcare, Kindergarten and Preschool, operating in more than 230 locations around Australia. (And we're growing about as fast as the little people in our care.) At Affinity - we realise potential in everyone. Our values include Living the Team Spirit, Going Above and Beyond, Creating Shining Stars, Delivering Outstanding Professionalism, Being Completely Connected, and (usually a favourite) Having Serious Fun. Together as a community of more than 5000 Centre Managers, Early Childhood Teachers and Educators we make a difference in the lives of more than 20,000 children and 8,000 families around Australia. Our Lifelong Learning Curriculum has emerged since 2015 as Australia's most advanced approach to early education and care - and our teachers and educators are supported by a dynamic and passionate Education team offering continual professional development and best practice strategies for early education. The award-winning Affinity Learning Academy, established in 2017, delivers fully paid on the job training and qualifications in early education and care or Business studies to more than 1000 of our employees every year, and our Bachelor Scholarship Pathway is supporting future early childhood teachers to achieve their dreams. Affinity's culture is described by our people as supportive and values-driven. Our Centre Support Office in Brisbane fulfills our value of being Completely Connected daily with our Milestones Early Learning, Kids Academy, Papilio Early Learning and Aussie Kindies centres around Australia. At Affinity, our Safety Commitment is key to our daily operations, and we go above and beyond in this area for our people and for our children. Our dedicated Quality, Education, People & Culture, Family Enrolments, Compliance, Marketing and Facilities teams work together to ensure the 'Affinity Way'.
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http://www.affinityeducation.com.au
External link for Affinity Education Group
- Industry
- Education
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, QLD
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- Childcare, Childcare Management, Child Education, Early Learning, and Training
Locations
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Level 1, 295 Ann Street
Brisbane, QLD 4000, AU
Employees at Affinity Education Group
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Cathy Montesin
Chief Financial Officer at Affinity Education Group
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Nicholas Antuar
Organisational Development Practitioner | Human Resource Project Manager | Change Facilitator | Learning Experience Professional
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Asma Feroze
Early Childhood Teacher | Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching
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Aparna Rahul
Senior Educational Leader at Affinity Education Group
Updates
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#PotentialRealised More than 400 of our incredible educators and teachers have been recognised in our first Lifelong Learning Curriculum Certification graduations this month, representing an exciting new industry qualification and career pathway available to our people. While our Affinity Area Managers and Education Advisors have been busy issuing certifications in local centres around Australia, we captured the passion and dedication of our team at this certification event at Papilio Early Learning Lutwyche in Brisbane. Thank you Dr. Lesley Jones and Jola Sung for the incredible role you and your teams have played in bringing our LLC to life over the past few years. And to our GM Wayne Meredith State Managers Debbie Smith Tori Robinson Kerri Kyte Naomi Connors Leanne Rodd, Ops Managers Olga Klaassen Carlye Taylor Jade Seabury Nicole Atcheson Sarah Misson Samantha Waldock and wonderful Area Managers and Education Advisors - thank you for leading the operational implementation of our LLC in every centre so children and educators can access Australia's most advanced approach to early years education. #LifelongLearningCurriculum Tim Hickey Nishad Alani Cathy Montesin Jessica Mitchell Carla Adams Rolanda Mitchell (nee Ayling) Jola Sung
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New beginnings are so exciting! Welcome to Milestones Early Learning Officer, our newest early education and childcare centre offering the Lifelong Learning Curriculum to local families in Victoria. With Centre Manager Faith leading a team boasting more than 100 years' experience, we are absolutely delighted to be open for fun and learning. Read more https://lnkd.in/gpEwnHDT
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Highlighting the important role our early education and childcare centres play in their local communities, two of our Milestones Early Learning Centres have been recognised in local business awards recently. Congratulations to our Centre Managers Jade and Christel, from our Tugan and Roma Junior Campus centres, and to our trainee Tayla for your Youth Award win! #CreatingShiningStars #PotentialRealised Read more: https://lnkd.in/gDwKX25W
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Exciting News! Our Lifelong Learning Curriculum is now available to more Victorian families, with the opening of our newest centre Papilio Early Learning Bundoora. This custom-built 88-place centre boasts light-filled learning rooms designed to nurture the learning potential of babies, toddlers and Kindergarten children, and an exciting adventure playground. In addition to the beautifully set up spaces and Kindy program, our Centre Manager Kim and her team of highly qualified and experienced teachers and educators are also proud to be offering Positive Living Skills (A Div. of PLS Learning Solutions Australasia Pty Ltd) as part of our Lifelong Learning Curriculum which empowers children with social and emotional wellbeing through practical and positive skills, fostering resilience. Congratulations Nicholas Siliato, CFA, Hendre Burger Leanne Brook on opening yet another wonderful new centre for Affinity! Debbie Smith Tim Hickey Shelley Morey Carla Adams Follow our Centre Manager Kim and her team's journey on FB here https://lnkd.in/gTH68k3Q #EarlyEducation #LifelongLearningCurriculum #ECEC #PotentialRealised
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Realising Potential with our Teacher Scholarship Pathway! This incredible program offers our Diploma qualified educators a fully-funded pathway to becoming a Bachelor qualified Early Childhood Teacher. Hear from some of our students and graduates, how Affinity’s support has made their career dreams possible. #PotentialRealised
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RUOK? Day 2024 - Our WA Team took time to be completely connected and show their support for this important day. Dawn Marrell Kerri Kyte Kylie Grant Amanda Andrew #RUOKDay
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Our current STEM Community of Practice series hosted by Dr Tess Boyle is inspiring our Early Childhood Teachers around Australia to discover the potential of their classrooms as the first environments where children explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics. #LifelongLearningCurriculum #STEM #PotentialRealised
We are incredibly privileged to have Dr. Tess Boyle collaborating with Dr. Lesley Jones to establish our unique Big Thinkers! STEM program at Affinity Education Group. Dr. Tess has been delivering inspiring workshops to our Early Childhood Teachers across the country, and we are thrilled to welcome her to Sydney for this session, with around 50 teachers in attendance!🎉 The workshop focuses on STEM, offering our educators an engaging and reflective experience that helps them understand, recognize, and appreciate the STEM elements in everyday life. This knowledge empowers them to bring meaningful STEM learning into their classrooms, fostering curiosity and critical thinking in young minds.🧠✨ What I love most is the thoughtful integration of First Nations perspectives into the STEM program! A special thank you to Olga Klaassen and all our Area Managers for driving the attendance! We appreciate our teachers' dedication and are committed to offering professional development that helps them thrive, ultimately benefiting children, families, and the wider community! 🌟 Jola Sung Emeliza Ah Van Jessica Markoska Jessica Mitchell
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Welcome to Wyong! One of our newest centres, Kids Academy Wyong, welcomed more than 200 families to their open day over the weekend, with a special visit from the local Fire and Rescue service, a ceremony conducted by Wandana Aboriginal Education, and a fabulous showcase of our Lifelong Learning Curriculum and beautiful new purpose built centre. Thank you to everyone who made the day so special Carlye Taylor Kandas Brown Leanne Brook Nicholas Siliato, CFA Tori Robinson Brian Cook
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Early Childhood Educators Day 2024 was one big, national 'mexican wave' of appreciation! We loved seeing the incredible gestures, gifts and meaningful messages from our Centre Managers, teams, families and children themselves for our amazing educators. Thank you for all you do, every single day. #ECEDay2024 #AffinityEducationGroup Tim Hickey Kerri Kyte Carla Adams Jola Sung Dr. Lesley Jones Cathy Montesin Rolanda Mitchell (nee Ayling) Tori Robinson Debbie Smith Naomi Connors Sarah Misson Olga Klaassen Wayne Meredith Bianca Farrar Sarah Barmes Kylie Grant
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