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Upper Primary Teacher

Upper Primary Teacher

Tes Australia

Illawarra Region, New South Wales

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Temporary
Start date:
Term 3, 2018

Job overview

Our client is a friendly and dynamic pre, primary and secondary Montessori school located in the Illawara region. The staff create nurturing classrooms where each child develops a healthy self-concept, positive values, strong skills and habits, a deep academic understanding and a curiosity and appreciation of nature and the world around.

About the Role:

  • Teaching across Years 4 - 6
  • Full time, temporary contract (23 July 2018 to 19 December 2018)
  • Possibility that the contract could extend
  • The role is team teaching with another teacher and working collaboratively with a classroom assistant. The class has 34 students including students with special needs.


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About the School:

  • The school is non-denominational, multicultural, internationally-minded and an inclusive school that offers quality education
  • Research is an important aspect of the Primary classrooms and the children explore alone, in cooperative groups and covers subjects as mathematics, languages, astronomy, geology, physics, evolution, biology and history
  • School facilities include spacious, open, well-lit classrooms, computers in every classroom, school library, science lab, kitchen, tutorial rooms, visual arts room and a music room


About You:

  • Early career teachers and experienced teachers are encouraged to apply.
  • Provide a minimum of three professional references
  • Be registered or have the ability to be registered with New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) and hold a NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC)
  • Have the right to work in Australia


Please reply to express interest. Due to time constraints, only short listed applicants will be contacted with more information.


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  • If you are in Australia, email your CV to Aisling, quoting job reference #WEB1807-529718AT – aisling.taaffe@smartteachers.com.au
  • If you are currently overseas, email your CV to Monet quoting job reference #WEB1807-529718MH – monet.hawkins@smartteachers.co.uk
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  • Tes Australia
  • Level 5, 501/83-97 Kippax Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
  • New South Wales
  • 2010
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+61 800 734 758

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