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Additional Needs Teacher

Additional Needs Teacher

Mount St Patrick Primary School MURWILLUMBAH

Murwillumbah

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Temporary
Start date:
2019 School Year

Job overview

Mt St Patrick Primary School - MURWILLUMBAH

Diocese of Lismore

Mt St Patrick Primary is a school that strives to be truly Catholic in our identity and life; a centre of the new evangelisation and a place where the dignity and potential of every student is recognised and enabled to achieve the fullness of life. Mt St Patrick Primary is a place where students are formed in the faith and can achieve high levels of ‘Catholic religious literacy’ and practice.


Applications are invited from suitably qualified teachers / persons for the following position:

Full Time Temporary Additional Needs Teacher

Commencing 2019 school year.


The successful candidate will be a highly professional, growth-oriented practitioner with a demonstrated

ability to:

  • Plan and implement effective teaching and learning units across all KLAs using the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
  • Contribute to the collaborative culture of the school as a Professional Learning Community.
  • Communicate effectively with staff, students and parents.
  • Actively seek professional learning opportunities.
  • Use data to inform practice.
  • Assess and provide feedback on student learning.
  • Implement positive and supportive behaviour management practices.
  • Support students with additional needs.
  • Lead initiatives beyond their own class and grade group.
  • Mentor and support colleagues.
  • Use technology effectively and creatively to support student learning
  • Current NSW Working with Children Check
  • Promote inclusion in the school and community
  • Ensure the NCCD process is rigorous and valid
  • Bring coherence to the delivery of interventions
  • Facilitate the PLT structure to target professional learning


Applications together with complete personal and professional resume, details of background and experience, service record, full documentation and names, addresses and phone numbers of at least three referees including a current employer and Parish Priest or Pastor from their local place of worship.


Applications must be emailed to:

Brendan Ryan

Principal - Mt St Patrick Primary

Enquiries 0266721821

Email: murp@lism.catholic.edu.au

Applications must be received by 3.00pm Monday 19 November 2018

Child protection legislation requires preferred applicants to be subject to employment screening. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Information on how to Register for Employment in the Lismore is available on the Catholic Schools Office website http://www.lism.catholic.edu.au/employment/employment-information/  

About Mount St Patrick Primary School MURWILLUMBAH

Mt St Patrick Primary School is an independent, co-educational, Catholic school located on the far North coast of NSW in the township of Murwillumbah. 

Mt St Patrick Primary is a Parish School which opened on St Patrick’s Day 1904 by Bishop Doyle the first Bishop of Lismore.

Headteacher

Brendan Ryan

Facilities

Through a recent building program the school has 21st century classrooms and learning structures. All classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards, wireless connections and a bank of laptops/netbooks in each classroom. 

Curriculum

Students participate in specialist Music, Art, Library and Technology lessons. In addition to this the school operates a variety of programs such as Extension Maths classes, Individual Literacy Support lessons, Quick Smart, Best Start, Pre-school to Kindergarten Transition Program developed in conjunction with Southern Cross University.

School ethos

Mt St Patrick's motto is “With Heart and Pride”. Its  mission statement is: ‘In union with the whole Church, Mt St Patrick Parish Primary School embraces the faith proclaimed in the Creed and seeks to express it fully through Christian living and action’. One the key aims of the school is to welcome and value the gifts of each individual and respect the dignity of all.

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