• Position: Learning Enhancement Teacher (Student Support and Wellbeing)
• Duration: Full Time |Fixed Term (Term 2-4 2025)
• Start Date: 22 April 2025
• Salary: $84,078 - $121,093 per annum + Super (commensurate with experience)

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Learning Enhancement Teacher – Student Support and Wellbeing (Full Time | Term Time) Become part of a welcoming community of learners at St Mary's Primary School, Woodend, Ipswich. We are seeking an enthusiastic Teacher who has a holistic understanding of supporting students to learn in our contemporary context. We want you to join our school community for 2025 to work differently in supporting students and teachers to create learning environments that support regulation and capability building.

Join our experienced School Leadership Team, Guidance Officer, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist and amazing teachers and support staff to have positive impact on every students’ learning.

There are a number of benefits available to staff at St Mary’s Primary School such as:

• Staff car parking
• Easy access to public transport
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• School canteen
• Opportunity to salary sacrifice
• Annual provision of CPR and First Aid Training
• Free Flu vaccination annually
• Free tea and coffee
• Provision of a laptop and iPad for teachers.

In this role you will:

• Create a nurturing and ordered learning environment which is learner centred, supportive, cooperative and aligned with relevant curriculum policies, documents and practices
• Collaboratively develop and implement quality curriculum programs and appropriate pedagogy
• Proactively engage with professional renewal practices to enhance student outcomes

Make Jesus real in your words and actions, and work with the leadership team, teachers and other staff members in contributing to the professional life of the school

About the role - As a dynamic and innovative member of our school community, you will:

• Create a nurturing and ordered learning environment which is learner-centred, safe, supportive, co-operative and aligned with relevant curriculum, policies and practices
• Collaborate with your peers to develop and implement quality curriculum programs and appropriate pedagogy
• Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
• Work with the school leadership team and colleagues to contribute to the professional life of the school
• Proactively engage with professional learning to enhance student learning outcomes
• Ensure that the teachings and values of the Catholic Church form a foundation for learning and teaching.

About you - To be successful in this role you will bring relevant qualifications and contemporary teaching experience in teaching areas as well as:

• Strong literacy, numeracy and digital literacy practices plus a clear understanding of the Australian Curriculum
• Commitment to child safety
• Exemplary communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven organisational skills
• Commitment to engage with colleagues, students, and parents/carers to achieve the best outcomes
• Demonstrated competence against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers across professional knowledge, practice and engagement.

At BCE our teachers are required to:

• Hold a current Queensland College of Teachers registration; and
• Be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment.
• Have a commitment to SafeguardingThe Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
  

About our school:

St Mary’s Primary School is situated in the historic Queensland provincial city of Ipswich, 45 km from Brisbane CBD. Our beautiful, historical architecture of sandstone buildings are a visual reminder that quality Catholic Education has been delivered on our site for over 150 years. We are a co-educational school with a current enrolment of 575 students from Prep through to Year 6. The dedicated teaching and support staff endeavour to provide high quality, inclusive education by providing engaging learning activities that support not only students’ academic advancement but also their personal growth based upon a Catholic Christian tradition. Explore our school website to learn more about us.

FAQ: Do I have to be Catholic?
If this role does not require you to teach Religious Education, you do not need to be Catholic.
We support all teachers with Accreditation to Teach pathways after you start with us.

Please note applications for this role may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.

Contact Person: Chris Bartlett
Contact Email: [email protected]
Closing Date: 17-Mar-2025

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Should you require specific adjustments to the recruitment process to participate equitably, we encourage you to contact us at the time of application.