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MEET US

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

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Claudia Keenan

(Bachelor Education) 

Leading Teacher

3 Year Old Program 

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Lisa Hutchinson

(Bachelor Education)

Leading Teacher, 4 Year Old Program 

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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

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Jennie McKern

(Cert IV in Training

& Assessment)

Administration & Enrolments

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

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Meagan Wells

(Diploma of ECCC)

Educator,  3yo & 4yo Programs

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Kerry Smith

(Diploma in Childrens Services)

Educator & After Kinder Care

© 2025 by Yackandandah Kindergarten

 

​Yackandandah

 

​Kindergarten

Nurturing our Future

Since 1975

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