
Ashwood Children's Centre acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live and play,
the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Sovereignty has never been ceded and this was and always will be First Nations' land.
We appreciate and celebrate diversity in all its forms. We believe diversity of all kinds makes our community stronger


Educators and Employment
Our educators play an integral part in the education and care of children here at ACC.
The Committee of Management works hard to provide a stimulating and positive work environment with many exciting "perks" offered to assist with retention of educators and the recruitment of future educators.
Those benefits include:
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Discount for educators who have children in care at the Centre ($10 discount per day)
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"Wellness" program - includes massage and immunization
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Above award salary (currently 5% above award)
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Additional staff in every room
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Paid social functions (quarterly)
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Excellent training and development opportunities
To find out more about the Ashwood Children's Centre educators, click here and view the teachers in each room.

Management and
Admin Team

Fiona Sherlock Centre Manager Qualified ECE

Jodie Hally Assistant Centre Manager Qualified ECE

Daria Utrobina Bookkeeper

Kim Lewis Educational Leader Early Childhood Teacher
Relief Team
To ensure our children and families receive the best quality of care, we have worked hard over the past 10 years to develop and grow our very own built in “relief team”. These educators are employed either full time or part time to cover planned absences including annual leave and rostered days off. They are an important part of our staffing team to ensure consistency for our children and families when regular educators are on leave.
Aside from the permanent relief team members, we also have a casual pool of educators who work with us as needed. They are regular faces here each week, and provide help the room educators to support children and families in their learning spaces. Their role includes cover for unexpected absences such as sick leave, usually identified with little notice – the casual team springs into action!
Centre Management will often be seen across all rooms providing relief for tea breaks and short periods of time as required. This gives our management team the opportunity to assist in the learning spaces, to form relationships with children with whom we don’t work every day, and to interact with our educators to monitor their professional development needs.
On rare occasions, usually mid Winter when our regular faces are on sick leave, we do need to use an agency to manage some of our leave requirements. We choose to use Ranstadt Agency who can usually provide us with the same educators, again for consistency and a friendly face.
Permanent Educators

Tovah Nguyen Qualified ECE

Komal Tausalkar Qualified ECE

Manisha Chavda Qualified ECE
Casual Educators

Maryse Cabraal Trained ECE

Georgie Favaro Early Childhood Teacher Qualified ECE

Catherine Thyreum Qualified ECE

Felicity Brooks Qualified ECE

Sunny Kim Qualified ECE

Chloe Standen Qualified ECE

Lisa Norton Cook

Lisa Battershell Qualified ECE