Junior School Classroom Teacher

Permanent full-time job at The Scots School (Albury NSW, Australia)

The Scots School Albury is a mixed, mainstream, non-denominational independent boarding school located in Albury, NSW. Established in 1972 from a merger of Albury Grammar School and Woodstock Presbyterian Girls School, celebrated 150 years in 2016. Approx. 780 (PS - Year 12) students, a dedicated 4-day Pre-Kindergarten Program and Boarding available for Years 7-12. Our Junior School is an authorised International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). Principal | Mark Hemphill

Closing date November 3, 2024
LocationAlbury NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Mary-Jane Turner
02 6022 0061
HR@scotsalbury.nsw.edu.au

About this job

Join Scots Success

The Scots School Albury places our young people at the centre of their educational experience by providing challenges and opportunities that enable them to flourish as individuals, with others, and within the broader community. Our foundation as a traditional, yet modern place of education ensures our students gain from our experience and history through innovative pedagogy inspired by best practice. 

Junior School Classroom Teacher- commencing January 2025

The Junior School Classroom Teacher is fulltime position.

About the role

Applicants for this role will ideally have previous experience delivering the Primary Curriculum. IB qualifications and PYP knowledge will be of advantage.

Scots Junior School is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) School. The PYP is a contemporary approach to education that is delivered in schools in Australia and around the world. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.

This Programme ensures that our students are receiving an education that prepares them for success in a rapidly changing global environment. We do this by providing an inspiring, dynamic environment in which students are closely supported to achieve their personal best.

Our Junior School provides opportunities for students to engage in a wide range of experiences. It allows our students to find interests and passions that will shape who they are as human beings. Our students can learn to dance, to play music, to express themselves creatively, to learn another language, to grow vegetables and to create culinary masterpieces, to compete athletically and to perform on stage. Our students are taken out of their comfort zones and supported with the skills and attitudes to flourish.

Applicants for this role will ideally have:

  • Qualifications in subject area and Teaching and or Education that allow registration as a Teacher in NSW.
  • Fulfil requirements as mandated by NESA.
  • An understanding and experience in delivering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) will be highly regarded.
  • Current First Aid Certification or willingness to obtain.
  • Current NSW Working With Children Check Clearance or willingness to obtain.

For more information and a copy of the position description visit our website Career Opportunities | The Scots School Albury 

How to apply:

All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia, and successful applicants must gain a NSW working with children check  and police check before they commence employment.

All teaching staff must hold current registration with the NSW Educational Standards Authority (NESA). To find out more please visit http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/home

If you would like to apply for a vacancy, submit your current CV/resume and a covering letter (no more than 2 pages) that outlines how your qualifications, skills and experience meet the position description.

Please send it to hr@scotsalbury.nsw.edu.au by 3 November 2024.

Please note we only accept online applications.

The Scots School Albury is a Child Safe School and an Equal Opportunity Employer

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