Goodstart Orange Molong Road - Childcare Centre

Kayte Szabo Centre Director

I began my career in early childhood education and care in 2012 and started working at Goodstart Orange-Molong Rd in August 2021. I hold a Diploma of Early Childhood Education. My experience in childcare began in 2012 as a casual educator, soon progressing to room leader, Educational leader and have now been a Centre Director since 2017.

Working in Early Childhood has become a strong passion of mine and has been something I continually want to learn and grow in. Being part of education, I feel our learning is never complete, our understanding and views can continually change and shape the way we are as educators. My favourite part of our role is being there for the children each and every day, sharing in those moments of learning and discovery knowing that we played a part in them developing that understanding.

Being part of a learning environment enriches children’s learning as there are so many different levels to their learning – they learn from the educators, the environment, and their peers. Being in an early childhood education setting means children are benefitting from this shared learning experience and have opportunities through resources and educators’ qualifications and knowledge to further develop skills and their own understanding.

We have many long-serving team members who have worked at Goodstart Orange – Molong Rd for 10 years and more. We also have newer team members who have joined our team and work collaboratively to uphold our values and to continue on being true to who we are at Goodstart. We are the type of centre were you feel welcomed and part of a bigger family from the start. We ensure everyone is familiar with every child at the centre regardless of which room they belong.

The best part of being a Centre Manager is supporting the team and ensuring the team feel as though they belong and can become the educator they want to be. Each educator is just as valued as another at our centre, as each role plays an integral part into the services we provide and support each family and child in their success of loving to learn and grow.

Our vision at Molong Road is to embrace our relationships with families, educators and the local community to support our children with life skills to prepare them with the confidence and capability for their future. We hope to enter a journey of reconciliation at our service to show recognition and respect to Wiradjuri people, elders past, present and emerging.