Meet the team
Highgate has a dedicated team of early childhood educators and teachers who bring with them a wealth of knowledge, experience, and culture. Our educators are respected for the important work that they do and recognise that they can promote a culture of learning, a sense of connectedness, belonging and well-being. They work with optimism and agency to maximise the learning for each child in their care.
At Highgate we value consistency of care and great adult to child ratios. Each of our teams is well staffed allowing the rooms to seamlessly transition through meal breaks and with a strong pool of familiar casual educators and teachers, staff absences have little impact.
Each room is made up of several educators including a Team Leader (Diploma Qualified or a Teaching degree). All educators are responsible for guiding and implementing the program based on individual and group needs or interests. They are also all currently trained in CPR, First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis certificates as well as training in Protecting Children-Mandatory Reporting and Food safety.
Management team

Janelle Blaess

Pip O'Shannessy

Denise Martin
Centre Cook

Bec Schulz
Teachers

Phoebe Le

Nancy Zhang

Kelly McPhie
Educators

Ali Mills

Elissa Timbs

Suzi Fernando

Amy Haldane

Julie Brunell

Tomoko Watanabe

Bec Brien

Mulki Ali

Tina Le

Daljeet Rasia
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Latha Sekar

Priyanka Sethia
(Maternity leave)
Casual staff

Kitty Chow

Tracey Derring

Jessica Yu

Suriaty Suriaty

Erin Magee

Julia Field

Mayumi Takeya

Patrick Kesoongneon
