Our Teachers

Our teachers are caring qualified teachers who provide opportunities for all children’s learning needs to be met.  Children’s ideas are valued, their creativity to be inspired and interests to be supported.   Our teachers work alongside your child in their play and skillfully extend and stimulate children’s thinking.

We have a stable workforce with long standing staff.  They work diligently to create a challenging, nurturing environment for all children who attend Natural Steps.

Trained in caring for infants, we embrace The Pikler Approach which is based on a respectful relationship between an adult and infant, through choreographed tender care moments, that are enjoyable and unhurried.  Older children experience teachers who a inspired by the Reggie Emilia Approach.

Supported by management and a robust appraisal system teachers are constantly evaluating their practice and seeking improvement to improve children’s learning outcomes.

Our teachers are supported by the owner, Maria Anstis (Bach of Tchg(ECE)) and Regional Manager, Tiffany Sutherland (B.A.Ed GradDipBus).

PAY PARITY FOR OUR TEACHERS Natural Steps has opted-in to the government pay parity scheme for all qualified and certificated teachers in ECE.  “Pay Parity means the same pay scale as school teachers, that reflects teaching qualification, the same teacher registration and the same professional certification requirements. A teacher is a teacher!” 

Our Certified Teachers

Imogen McBeth. MANAGER. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 348581

Maria Anstis. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 312702

Sharon Liang. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 334592

Grace Carter. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 382904

Sam White. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 374811

Xiao Xu. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 382038

Mona Verma. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 379769

Shan Zhang. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 366547

Janelle Smith. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 337938

Sam Harrison. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 362991

Andrea. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 374246

Lilly Simpson. Certified ECE Teacher. Registration 378125

Imogen our Manager.  As part of our profession development Immy visited Finland to learn about their education practice.