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Primary Teaching Position

Primary Teaching Position

Holy Family Primary School

Merewether Beach

Job type:
Part Time, Temporary
Start date:
23/07/18

Job overview

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for this position.  

Catholic Education Services is an equal opportunity employer. 

Description

Part-time temporary teaching positions at Holy Family Primary School, Merewether Beach. These positions are job share and are in line with the Diocesan Job Share policy. Position FTE 0.4 - teaching Kindergarten Position FTE 0.4 - teaching Composite Yr5-Yr6.

Position Requirements 

  • a relevant understanding of the philosophy of Catholic Education;
  • ability to teach in the primary curriculum area K-6;
  • high level knowledge of the relevant key learning area (K-6) and a proven capacity to improve student learning;
  • high quality classroom teaching skills in the area of ES1 - 3 which enable students with a diverse range of needs to achieve their full potential;
  • exemplary values and attitudes appropriate to professional practice and the intellectual, physical and social development of students;
  • ability to successfully implement and evaluate curriculum initiatives in accordance with curriculum and standards framework;
  • demonstrated capacity to reflect critically upon professional practice and commitment to ongoing professional learning;
  • commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities as a member of the school team;
  • high level of communication and interpersonal skills when relating to students, parents and other teachers. 

Essential Criteria 

 Applicant must:

  • applicants will need to comply with the Accreditation to Work Teach and Lead (formerly FEA ) and will need to work towards Accreditation at Category D – Accreditation to Teach Religion;
  • be appropriately qualified as a four year trained primary teacher;
  • be Catholic;
  • record current NESA and Working With Children number on application;
  • evidence of completion of Anaphylaxis training certificate must be supplied. (https://etraining.allergy.org.au/login/index.php) Note: To start or return to working as a teacher in a NSW school, you must be accredited by NESA. 

How to Apply:

For further information and instruction on how to apply, please visit the website - https://www.mn.catholic.edu.au/employment/positions-vacant/

About Holy Family Primary School

+61 4963 3009

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Holy Family Primary in an independent, co-educational, Catholic school in Merewether Beach, New South Wales. The school is part of the Newcastle Catholic Parish.

The school use restorative justice practices to promote compassion, empathy and resilience in the development of each child. 

Headteacher

Sidonie Coffey

Facilities

Students visit the library at least twice a week - once for borrowing and once to have a lesson where children will learn valuable research and IT skills on the bank of computers. 

Curriculum

Holy Family Primary teaches the Primary Key Learning areas of Maths, English, Science and Technology, Religious Education, PDHPE and Creative Arts. The school also teaches a Human Development and Christian Values programme produced by the Directorate of Catholic Education and is mandatory in the schools of the Diocese. 

In the Infant grades, literacy skills are explicitly taught using the two pronged approach of the SWELL access to literacy program and the Jolly Phonics program. The Mathematics program is underpinned by the ‘Go Maths’ program, which focuses on working mathematically and applying processing skills to solve problems related to time, measurement and money.

School ethos

The school’s rational and aims begins with the statement ‘In choosing to be educators of the faith, we - parents, faith community and staff have been called to respond to the mission of the Church in three ways, to proclaim the Gospel in word and witness to life, to create and to promote Christian community and to witness the Gospel through service.’

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