School Assistants
Canberra Grammar School - Senior School
Canberra
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Term 1, 2018
Job overview
The Learning Development Team (LDT) is tasked with enhancing the ability of teachers to employ evidence based teaching and learning practices to their classroom environment and assist them in differentiating the curriculum for student learning. The Team is responsible for ensuring all students are achieving appropriately, in particular those with diverse learning needs.
Working within the culture and ethos of the school, the Learning Development Team Assistant works as part of this team providing inclusive and evidence based opportunities to students with diverse learning needs in Years 7 – 12.
Duties
Communication
· reflect the culture and ethos of the school through personal interactions and communication
· communicate with staff and students in a polite and professional manner
· Build rapport with teachers and students
· collaborate to build a shared understanding of the individual needs of identified students
· assist with the procedures of identifying, tracking and documenting student need.
· refer enquiries and incidents to the Head of Learning Development
Assisting with Learning
· work with individual students, with small groups and in class across all subject areas – under the direction/supervision of teachers
· undertake training to deliver literacy intervention
· use initiative in dealing with minor behavioural matters when supervising group work
· collaborate with teachers around appropriate workload and differentiation for identified students
Preparation and Routines
· assist students with personal organization in readiness for the school day
· prepare organizational tools for students
· document support delivered
· assist with ordering resources
· assist with excursions as required.
· Assist with administration of Special Provisions for assessments
Selection Specifications
· good oral and written communication skills, including the ability to interact with students, parents and teaching professionals
· sound interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
· well-developed organisational skills that will assist in the teaching of effective learning behaviours to students
· strong ICT skills
· the ability to assist with the general health and well-being of students.
The following qualifications are required:
· Senior First Aid certificate with child care component or a willingness to obtain one
· Diploma or Certificate III in Children’s Services or equivalent
About Canberra Grammar School - Senior School
- Canberra Grammar School - Senior School
- 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill
- Australian Capital Territory
- 2603
- Australia
About Us
Canberra Grammar School is a leading co-educational independent day and boarding school offering outstanding academic education, co-curricular opportunities and pastoral care to students of all backgrounds and faiths within a community guided by Anglican values.
Our fundamental aspiration is to educate students who are curious, creative, confident and compassionate young citizens of the world.
The School is a vibrant and rewarding workplace with a strong commitment to professional learning and to nurturing excellent conditions in a superb campus environment. It offers highly competitive salary and superannuation, as well as attractive salary packaging arrangements, and a range of staff benefits, including parking, discounted lunches, flu vaccinations, employee assistance programmes, school fee concessions, and generous professional development funding.
For more information about the School, please visit: CGS.ACT.EDU.AU.
Change the World, Teach at CGS
Canberra Grammar School is a vibrant and rewarding place in which to work. It is also a very exciting time at CGS as the School now offers full co-education across all years, from Pre-School to Year 12, with significant growth to our leadership, teaching and support staff.
By joining the CGS team, you will be working alongside exceptionally dedicated, qualified and experienced staff, and engaging daily with bright, motivated and open-hearted students and to enjoy the amenities of life on a beautiful, open school campus in a city that is clear, uncongested, and affords unrivalled access to many of the leading political, cultural and intellectual institutions of Australia. Canberra is an ideal place in which to live and raise a family. It is within striking distance of the mountains for skiing and the coast for surfing; it is an easy drive from Sydney; there are frequent flights to all parts of Australia and the city itself is virtually traffic-free.
Canberra Grammar School is committed to that by aiming at all times to be a professionally stimulating and rewarding employer; one that is committed to innovation, to high-quality professional development, to the constant interchange of ideas and to personal and professional investment in staff who seek always to enhance the quality of education both within and beyond the School.
That aspiration for staff culture is central to the School’s capacity to flourish in all areas of its endeavour and it is reflected in the School’s commitment to recognising and rewarding staff and to supporting a positive, professional, caring and collegial working environment through:
- Remuneration, terms and conditions that generally compare favourably with those in the non-independent school sectors in the ACT
- The initiatives entailed in the School’s strategic plans for professional learning and renewal
- The on-going financial commitment to the Staff Professional Excellence Fund
- The provision of personal support services and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program
- A range of personal benefits associated with employment at the School
- Support for collegial staff organisation and representation; and
- Recognition of contribution and outstanding achievement.
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