Science Teacher - Part-time
Canberra Grammar School - Senior School
Australian Capital Territory
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teacher Band 1-3
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 July 2022
Job overview
- An exciting opportunity for a Science Teacher to join our highly experienced Science team
- Part-time permanent positions available
- Dedicated and passionate students.
About The School
Canberra Grammar School is a leading co-educational independent Anglican School founded in 1929. The School’s main campus is set on 20 hectares at the foot of Red Hill, just south of Lake Burley Griffin, close to Parliament House and the lively social precincts of Manuka and Kingston.
CGS is committed to delivering the highest standard of education, inspiring students to achieve personal excellence within a warm and inclusive community environment. 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. The School employs staff who are passionate and energetic in their profession and place student learning and wellbeing at the forefront of all they do.
Benefits of Working at CGS
CGS is an employer that promotes staff excellence and offers a range of additional benefits, including:
- A highly competitive salary and superannuation of 12% (for permanent staff)
- Attractive salary packaging arrangements
- Free barista-made coffee daily
- Delicious daily morning tea and discounted lunches
- Access to the onsite health clinic and annual influenza vaccinations
- Employee assistance program
- School fee concessions
- The staff awards program and generous professional development funding.
About the Role
This is your opportunity to join our Science department and be part of a dedicated team. As a Science Teacher at CGS, you will be responsible for delivering quality teaching and learning experiences that develop students' learning potential. This is an exceptional opening for you to demonstrate a commitment to best practice in teaching and a goal-orientated and evidence-based approach to improving student learning outcomes.
The successful candidate will be experienced, qualified, and ideally capable of teaching from Years 7 to 12 and capable of teaching both the NSW High School Certificate and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Physics courses as well as Junior Science for the Australian Curriculum.
The successful candidate will also be keen to play an active role in the classroom, in pastoral care, in co-curricular and in the broad life of the School community.
About You
You are dedicated, passionate, and possess the following:
- Passion for the learning and holistic development of students in and beyond the classroom
- Experience in modelling outstanding teaching practice in and beyond the classroom
- Subject expertise and the ability to teach inclusively across a broad age and ability range
- Proven commitment to collaborative professional engagement and professional learning
- Experience of, or willingness to train for, teaching the Australian Curriculum and, where relevant, the Higher School Certificate and/or the International Baccalaureate
- Enthusiastic commitment to participating in the School’s pastoral and co-curricular program
- Respecting our School’s Anglican ethos and spirit of inclusion
- A firm commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
How to Apply
- Visit CGS.ACT.EDU.AU/EMPLOYMENT to access the position description.
- Please click the ‘Apply’ button and submit the following documents:
- Cover letter (addressing the selection criteria on the Position Description)
- Resume/CV
CGS is proud to be a School that takes child protection very seriously. All candidates for roles at Canberra Grammar School are subject to screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.
An early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.
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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