Learning Support Teacher (Secondary)

Location BOORAGUL St Paul's Catholic College

Vacancy Type Temporary Full Time

Description St Paul’s Catholic College, Booragul is seeking a temporary full-time Learning Support Teacher to join the school community commencing for Term 1, 2021.

St Paul's Catholic College offers an inclusive, welcoming and comfortable environment. The calm, nurturing setting has been designed to allow students and staff to feel at home in developing their varied capacities and skills. The growth of the students is nurtured and encouraged by a supportive faculty through the provision of creative freedom, empowerment of the individual and opportunities for prayer and reflection. The curriculum, both formal and informal, focuses on spiritual growth and reflects a respect for the diversity of all 950 students, their differing levels of abilities, strengths, weaknesses and gifts.

Position Requirements Teachers in a Catholic school have a unique role to play and are assigned with the task of ensuring each child has the opportunity to grow both academically and spiritually and to live purposeful lives.

The Learning Support Teacher will be responsible for:

• Assisting with the initial identification of students with special educational needs;

• Working collaboratively with the principal, learning support coordinator, class teachers, parents and students to develop appropriate assessment strategies, identify resources and implement effective strategies to create learning and social opportunities for students with special education needs;

• Liaising with the relevant schools particularly in relation to transition periods;

• Collaboratively designing, implementing, modifying and evaluating individual Personalised Plans (PPs) with class teachers and other relevant people;

• Contributing to the preparation of documentation required under legislation in line with privacy and confidentiality obligations, for example, student files;

• Assisting in the preparation of funding submissions;

• Contributing to the provision of staff professional development and parent education programs.

Essential Criteria

• Ability to articulate a clear understanding of and a personal commitment to Catholic Education and to actively supporting the Catholic ethos and culture of the school

• Demonstrated appropriate experience and/or qualification in Special Education.

• Ability to apply appropriate knowledge in order to plan and prepare contemporary and compliant teaching and learning programs in your nominated areas which meet the diverse characteristics, needs and learning styles of students; and encourage them to work towards attaintment of their potential

• Demonstarted experience developing appropriate assessment strategies, identifying resources and implementing effective strategies to create learning and social opportunities for students with special education needs;

• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, modifying and evaluating individual Personalised Plans (PPs) with class teachers and other relevant people;

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with school staff and members of the wider community in order to establish productive partnerships and achieve educational outcomes.

• Willingness to Comply or Compliance with the CSO Accreditation to Work, Teach and Lead Policy. Category B – Accreditation to Teach.

• Demonstrated understanding of the NCCD;

• Demonstrated understanding of Life Skills Outcomes and Content.

The applicant must provide evidence of the following:

• Qualifications as a four year trained secondary teacher;

• Current NESA Accreditaion;

• Current Paid Working with Children Check (WWCC) number;

• Completion of Anaphylaxisis training.

Desirable Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in special education;

• Experience in a secondary school setting;

• Willingness to undertake professional development in special education;

• Experience working with children with special needs.

Commencement 27/01/2021

Finishing Date 27/01/2022

Conditions of Employment Salary is in accordance with New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2017.

Applications Close Friday 04 December, 2020

Instructions Forward your Curriculum Vitae together with a covering letter addressing selection criteria via email (preferred) as one pdf to the contact person.

Contact Name Telephone

  Graeme Selmes (graeme.selmes@mn.catholic.edu.au) 4958 6711

Applications to:

By email (preferred):

Graeme Selmes

graeme.selmes@mn.catholic.edu.au

By post:

Principal

St Paul's Catholic College

PO Box 194

BOOLAROO 2284

Specific School Requirements/ Additional Info To apply: Please provide a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the selection criteria along with your resume and directly to Principal – Graeme Selmes: admin@booragul.catholic.edu.au Applicants should nominate at least two (2) referees including, one of whom must be their current principal and previous supervisor. If you are applying as a Graduate Teacher, please provide contact details for your most recent Supervising Teacher. If you are not currently working in a school, please provide your previous supervisor/principal. Please ensure you provide out of hours contact details for your referees also, not providing these details can delay the recruitment process. Applications Close: Friday 4th December, 2020. 3.00pm