Information for 2024 families
Welcome
Glen Education is an Early Years Manager that delivers exceptional teaching and high quality programs.
Our approach to education ensures that children and their families are motivated to learn in ways that make a sustained, substantial, and positive influence on how they think, act, and feel. Our programs consider the whole person, including their spiritual, social, emotional, mental, physical, and cognitive development. Our role is to ensure that the delivery of programs is inclusive, reflective of contemporary research and fosters a love of learning and critical thinking.
“We ensure that our staff, children and their families have a voice, and we empower them to act, and to influence the world around them.”
Samantha Kolasa CEO Glen Education
Glen Education – Growing People
Glen Education Vision
The leading provider of innovative, professional and inclusive early years education that delivers excellence in learning.
We believe in the uniqueness of each individual and the differences each community possesses. Each of the Glen Education kindergartens therefore, have maintained their own service philosophy.
Glen Education Values
- Respect
- Authenticity
- Integrity
- Community
- Celebration
- Excellence
Glen Education Mission
To work in partnership with:
Children
Glen Education is committed to maximising outcomes for children’s early years.
Families
Glen Education is committed to encouraging opportunities for families to be involved in their child’s early education.
Educators
Glen Education is committed to promoting pedagogical and career support that is consistent, professional and available.
Communities
Glen Education is committed to providing professionally run early years services within the local community.
Glen Education Purpose
To deliver high quality service provision and responsiveness to the community, enabled by exceptional leadership and management.
Read more about Why Us
“When educators establish respectful and caring relationships with children and families, they are able to work together to construct curriculum and learning experiences relevant to children.”
National Early Years Learning Framework, 2022
“We ensure that our staff, children and their families have a voice, and we empower them to act, and to influence the world around them.”
Samantha Kolasa
“At Glen Education all teachers and educators are valued and respected. Staff are empowered and enabled to pursue ongoing learning and development through both internal and external professional development.”
Sharyn and Kate
Our News
Learning Made Fun and Easy with LOTE4Kids. October marks Bilingual Child Month, a global celebration of the incredible benefits of bilingualism in…
Celebrating Children’s Week 2024 at Glen Education Children’s Week is upon us, and this year’s theme is both meaningful and relevant: “Children have the right…
In today’s fast-paced world, the value of play can sometimes be overlooked. Play builds creativity, problem-solving skills, social interaction, and resilience. It’s through unstructured play…
On a day blessed with Melbourne sunshine, local families and the Edithvale community came together to celebrate a remarkable milestone—70 years of Glen Edithvale Kindergarten.…
Glen Education Term 3 2024 Newsletter: Empowering Learning Through the Child’s Voice. As we wrap up Term 3, we celebrate the power of the child’s…
At Glen Education, we prioritise the environment for learning. Our calm, relaxed atmosphere allows children to explore diverse experiences at their own pace, fostering…
Our Results
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Glen Education respectfully acknowledge First Nations people as the traditional custodians of the land. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to the Elders past and present.
Glen Education believe all children have the right to be and feel safe in environments that respect cultural safety and maintain a culture in which children, their histories, and identities are valued, respected and cared for. Protecting children from the risks of abuse is embedded in everyday thinking and practice.