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Our team of exceptional Educators and Assistants at Yackandandah Kindergarten are all suitably qualified to work in a licensed children’s service. The kindergarten programs are led by a degree-qualified early childhood teacher (the Educator) and supported by wonderful Assistants.
All our staff members hold current First Aid, Asthma Management and Anaphylaxis Management Certificates. They also hold a current Working With Children Card and have undergone a Police Check. Our teachers hold registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
We are passionate about helping to nuture the next generation of teachers, so often we take on students studying at La Trobe, Charles Sturt University or Wodonga TAFE, giving them hands-on practical experience to help them complete their qualifications.
The talented Yackandandah Kindergarten team includes:

Marisel Blefari
(Bachelor of Early Childhood
Education) DIRECTOR
Nominated Supervisor
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Jane Murray
(Graduate Diploma of Education Early Childhood)
Leading Teacher 4yo Program &
Educational Leander

Claudia Keenan
(Bachelor Education)
Leading Teacher
3 Year Old Program
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Lisa Hutchinson
(Bachelor Education)
Leading Teacher, 4 Year Old Program





Kathleen Withers
(Diploma Children's Services)
Leading Teacher, Bush Kinder
Samantha Rampling
(Bachelor Early Childhood
Education)
Leading Teacher, 3yo Program & 4yo School Readiness Program
Stacey O'Sullivan
(Studying Bachelor Education 0 - 5)
Educator, Bush Kinder Program & 3yo & 4yo Programs
Erin Tinney
(Cert III Early Childhood)
Diploma in ECE
Educator, 3 & 4yo Programs and Bush Kinder Program
Claire Vale
(Diploma in Childrens
Services)
Educator, 4 Year Old Programs

Jennie McKern
(Cert IV in Training
& Assessment)
Administration & Enrolments

Maryori Jimenez
(Cert 111 Children's Services)
Assistant in 3yo & 4yo Programs

Meagan Wells
(Diploma of ECCC)
Educator, 3yo & 4yo Programs

Kerry Smith
(Diploma in Childrens Services)
Educator & After Kinder Care
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​Yackandandah

​Kindergarten
Nurturing our Future
Since 1975