Our staff

Mia Mia's specialist teaching team and other qualified staff work with your family to create a program for your child based on the National Quality Standard and Early Years Learning Framework.

Mia Mia's staff are committed to:

• Leading children in discovery and inquiry based learning by providing them with opportunities to make choices, explore, observe, play, problem-solve and imagine.
• Giving clear and regular feedback about your child's development.
• Creating a safe, aesthetically pleasing and stimulating environment where children can flourish.
• Building mutually trusting and respectful relationships.
• Valuing diversity, equity and social justice.
• Evaluating programs so they continue to meet educational needs.
• Taking part in ongoing professional development.
• Enhancing community awareness and understanding of early childhood theories and practice.

Mia Mia's staff also:

• Give guest lectures and provide leadership to students from the School of Education on campus and in other professional forums.
• Believe that each child and family should have interesting learning experiences, feel a sense of belonging and get involved.
• Happily welcome visiting researchers, students, educators, academics and others who come to Mia Mia to observe, conduct research or to be trained and mentored.

Staff qualifications and staff-to-children ratios

We have lower child-to-carer ratios and higher levels of trained staff than recommended.

Other staff

• 1 Centre Manager (Early Childhood degree)
• 1 Administrative Assistant (Business degree)
• 1 Cook (Food Handling & Nutrition qualification)
• 1 Housekeeper
• Programming relief

Many Mia Mia staff members also possess additional related qualifications in the form of accredited courses, undergraduate and postgraduate degree qualifications.