Instructional Leader: Integrated Learning

Sydney Catholic Schools; Sydney; On-site; AUD 93,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

School fee discount for parents of SCS

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) invites applications for an Instructional Leader: Integrated Learning at St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney. The role is full-time and permanent, commencing 28 January 2027, with a competitive remuneration package and additional allowances.

The Instructional Leader will support school-wide Liberal Arts pedagogy, oversee cross-curricular projects, and embed Catholic values, while building teacher capacity and improving student outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Promote and implement Sydney Catholic Schools' mission and vision in teaching and learning.
• Support a school-wide culture of excellence, informed decision-making, and collaborative practice.
• Implement improvement strategies to ensure effective strategic change.
• Promote the integration of Catholic values across the curriculum and project work.
• Ensure consistency of teaching practice and shared teacher judgment in assessment.
• Lead integrated learning projects and cross-curricular approaches across the curriculum.
• Demonstrate liberal arts pedagogy and evidence-based teaching practices.
• Cultivate a contemporary learning culture and ongoing growth.
• Develop and deliver professional learning to enhance pedagogical approaches.
• Lead and collaborate within a culture of continuous improvement and leadership development.

Job description

Instructional Leader: Integrated Learning

St Mary's Cathedral College Sydney
Start Date: Thursday, 28 January 2027
Application Closing Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

St Mary's Cathedral College is continuing to grow as a K-12 co-educational, dual-campus College. As we build on this exciting new chapter, we invite passionate and innovative educators to join our team and contribute to shaping the future of our College and its students.

The College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced teacher for the position of Instructional Leader of Integrated Learning, commencing Thursday, 28 January 2027. This position attracts a 1 point remuneration and 2 point time allocation, temporary for up to 3 years, however your teaching position will be full-time and permanent.

About the role:

The Instructional Leader forms part of the teaching and learning team. Reporting to the Assistant Principal: Liberal Arts, the Instructional Leader: Integrated Learning is responsible for supporting schoolwide excellence in a Liberal Arts approach to pedagogy, curriculum and assessment practices and supporting the implementation of integrated and cross-curricular learning projects, as well as embedding philosophy throughout the College. The Instructional Leader: Integrated Learning is an exemplary practitioner who builds the capacity of teachers to deliver excellent student outcomes.

Major Accountabilities:

The Instructional Leader is required to perform tasks that include but are not limited to:

• promoting and implementing Sydney Catholic Schools' mission and vision; To know and love Christ through learning, and thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning
• supporting the leadership of a school-wide culture of excellence, informed decision-making, and collaborative practice
• working with the leadership team in implementing a range of improvement strategies to ensure effective strategic change
• actively promoting the integration of Catholic values and Catholic Social Teaching across the curriculum
• ensuring consistency of teaching practice and shared teacher judgement drives assessment
• supporting the implementation of integrated learning projects, facilitating cross-curricular approaches across the curriculum
• demonstrating exemplary liberal arts pedagogical practice across the curriculum informed by contemporary educational research
• cultivating a contemporary and effective learning culture
• developing and implementing effective and evidence-based professional learning to build pedagogical approaches that promote critical thinking
• leading and collaborating within a culture of ongoing growth and improvement
• demonstrating organisational, management and leadership skills
• analysing data and trends within the school to identify areas for growth
• actively promoting the relationship between student wellbeing and learning growth
• contributing to a 'network approach' that promotes the reciprocal benefits of school system partnerships in the specific curriculum area.

Key Duties

In this position, your primary duties will include:

• demonstrating and leading exemplary, innovative and evidence-based real-world learning practice in selecting, organising and evaluating the content and delivering integrated learning and teaching programs across a variety of key learning areas
• ensuring compliance with NSW Education Standards Authority and Australian Government requirements for syllabus interpretation and implementation, programming, assessment, reporting and evaluation for each project
• monitoring teachers' goal setting related to performance and evaluating the achievement of set goals
• contribute to and coordinate the growth of Integrated Learning opportunities within Stages 3-6
• collaborate with the Leader of Pathways and Partnerships to establish external partnerships that support the integrated learning projects or Stage 5 electives.
• collaborate, where necessary, with the Leader of Pathways & Partnerships and the Assistant Principal: Liberal Arts to ensure cooperative practices and effective alignment in common areas
• teaching within a KLA/s in the Middle and Senior School.

Why Join Us

Join Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS), NSW's largest Catholic education community, with over 145 schools and 75,000 students. At St Mary's Cathedral College Sydney, you'll make a daily impact, grow your career, and be supported by strong professional learning.

Benefits include:

• competitive remuneration: up to $149,433. Base salary ranges from $92,882 to $133,422
• an additional coordinator allowance on top of your base salary
• salary packaging of up to $15,900 annually
• up to 25% discount on school fees for parents of SCS students
• ongoing training and development opportunities
• health and wellbeing initiatives and resources, including Fitness Passport
• generous Employee Referral Program
• a wide range of further rewards and benefits.

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Working With Children Check (WWCC)
This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.

SCS welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and candidates with diverse backgrounds.