About this job
Location: Campbell, ACT
Employment Type: Permanent
Employment Status: Full-time
Salary Range: $80,184 to $130,910 full-time equivalent plus superannuation. Salary is determined based on years of teaching service.
Start Date: January 2025
Closing Date: 11.55 pm, Wednesday 16 October 2024
About St Thomas More's Primary
Welcome to St Thomas More’s Primary School in Campbell, a nurturing community established by the Sisters of the Holy Faith in 1961. As a proud Catholic Archdiocesan School, we offer a warm and inclusive environment where every child is valued and supported. Our small school structure allows us to provide personalised attention, ensuring that each student’s unique needs are recognised and catered for.
At St Thomas More’s, we are dedicated to creating a secure atmosphere where children can flourish; building self-esteem and resilience through engaging, well-rounded education. Our dedicated teachers inspire a love for learning, while our dynamic community fosters strong friendships and collaboration. With a focus on holistic development, we prepare students not just academically, but also socially and emotionally, empowering them to become confident, compassionate individuals. Join us in nurturing the next generation in a school where every child can truly shine!
About the Role
An excellent and rewarding opportunity exists for an energetic and knowledgeable teacher to join our school and support us as we live the St Thomas More’s School Creed.
As a key figure in your students' early development, you'll create a nurturing environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and confidence. With your guidance, children will explore new concepts, build essential skills, and develop social-emotional growth. This role is not just about teaching subjects; it's about making a lasting impact on the next generation and helping them discover their unique potential. Join us in this fulfilling journey and be the catalyst for their bright futures!
Benefits and Opportunities
- A positive and collaborative workplace culture
- Extensive training in our high-quality professional learning program, Catalyst
- Access to curriculum resources that support evidence-based, high-impact teaching practice
- 24 weeks of paid parental leave (maternity/adoption)
- Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave (paternity/non-initial primary carer leave)
- Support for professional development and study opportunities
- Opportunities to transfer to other schools within the Archdiocese across ACT and NSW to support lifestyle choice
Key Responsibilities
- Create a learning environment that stimulates learning promotes excellence and accepts and acknowledges the needs of students to be both challenged and supported.
- Use a variety of teaching and learning techniques to meet individual needs.
- Identify learner needs, conferring with specialist staff in the school when necessary.
- Present and explain assessment criteria to students in advance.
- Provide timely and useful feedback about completed assessment items for students.
- Fulfil all requirements relating to assessments and their documentation.
- Communicate in a clear, respectful, and professional way to optimise each student’s development.
- Maintain professional confidentiality on information about students.
- Be proficient in the use of IT as a teaching and administrative tool.
- Plan, prepare, record, and evaluate work to be undertaken by classes.
- Mark and assess students’ work and keep complete and accurate records of each student’s progress.
- Communicate with and establish effective and cooperative working relationships with teaching.
- Undertake playground, class, and other supervision according to rosters as required.
- Work with colleagues to review and develop the curriculum and write course documents.
- Undertake regular professional development, such as reading and attending courses, for the development of knowledge and skills on a personal basis, to consider current developments relevant to the needs of students and the requirements of the curriculum.
- Keep abreast of knowledge and curriculum development in teaching areas as well as current developments in educational thinking.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Teaching or Master of Teaching.
- Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) and/or Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) registrations.
- Teaching Quality Institute (TQI) accreditation and/or NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) accreditation.
Selection Criteria
- Demonstrated highly effective communication and interpersonal skills so as to engage positively with colleagues, students and parents.
- Proven capacity to be a proactive member of a professional learning community complying with the legal, administrative and professional requirements.
- Ability to demonstrate classroom practices and organisational skills that create supportive and safe environments for all students, including meeting a variety of learning needs.
- A thorough knowledge of the Australian Curriculum with the ability to apply a low variance, knowledge rich curriculum.
- Successful planning and implementation of programs that apply High Impact Teaching Practices.
- A comprehensive understanding of assessment strategies, including analysis of data, and the need to provide effective and timely feedback to parents and students.
Please refer to the position description for in-depth details regarding the position duties, criteria, and skill set required.
Other Eligibility Criteria
- You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident to be eligible to apply for this position.
- Appointment is subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment in accordance with CECG policy.
Application Process
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and current resume including a statement of suitability against the skills, attributes, and experience as outlined in the Position Description.
This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment in accordance with CE policy.
For further information about the School please visit our website. Information about the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn can be accessed here.
Position-specific queries: Please contact Nicole Mikkonen on 02 6249 8869 or via email nicole.mikkonen@cg.catholic.edu.au.
Application queries: Please contact the Recruitment team on 02 6234 5427 or via email recruitment@cg.catholic.edu.au.
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