Junior School Teacher - Prep

West Moreton Anglican College The Corporation; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy tuckshop

Free parking

Gym facilities

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

West Moreton Anglican College in Queensland seeks a committed teacher to deliver planned teaching, learning and assessments. Applicants will collaborate with departmental teams, differentiate instruction, monitor progress and engage in pastoral care.

Applicants should hold appropriate teaching qualifications and registration, with strong ICT skills and a commitment to ongoing professional learning within a Christian Anglican ethos.

Qualifications

• Must be registered or eligible for registration in Queensland as a teacher.
• Appropriate tertiary degree(s) and teaching qualifications.
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Understanding of Child Safe legislation and cultural safety.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively plan and deliver relevant teaching, learning and assessment programs.
• Work with colleagues in departmental year-level teams to ensure quality and accountability for programs.
• Differentiate learning experiences and assessments to suit age-appropriate pedagogies.
• Measure and monitor progress and determine needed interventions using diagnostic tools.
• Report learning progress to parents within key timelines.
• Support student personal, social and emotional development through pastoral care policies and structures.
• Participate in ongoing professional learning to enhance practice and College capacity.
• Contribute to development of Literacy, Numeracy and Learning Technology across programs.
• Engage with Student Experiences, Outdoor Education and community activities.

Skills

Differentiated instruction

Pastoral care

Communication with parents

Team collaboration

Digital learning tools

Education

Teaching qualification

QCT/Registration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

West Moreton Anglican College - Karrabin QLD

West Moreton Anglican College (WestMAC) is a dynamic Prep to Year 12 co-educational Anglican school that promotes a balanced schooling experience. Our innovative teachers challenge students to engage actively in their own learning; become critical, creative and entrepreneurial thinkers; and to develop emotionally, socially and spiritually. The College offers diverse opportunities to inspire students to uncover their individual potential.

The College motto - Faith, Knowledge, Service - offers insight into the values that unite our community. These attributes connect to the mission of the Anglican Church and the overarching Christian values that guide the operations and direction at the College.

About the role

This is a permanent, full-time teaching position, from Term 1, 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Collaboratively plan and deliver the relevant teaching, learning and assessment programs.
• Work in synergy and coalition with colleagues in departmental/year level teaching teams to ensure quality of and provide accountability for these programs.
• Implement programs with diligence, commitment and sensitivity to the individual needs of learners, differentiating learning experiences and assessment opportunities in line with age-appropriate pedagogies.
• Measure and monitor the progress of individuals and groups of children as learning programs proceed, instigating the involvement of internal or external diagnostic tools and the like to determine appropriate intervention.
• Analyse and evaluate information from a range of diagnostic qualitative and quantitative sources to determine each individual's learning progress and achievements.
• Report learning progress, individual successes, areas of challenge and potential strategies for improvement to parents and carers within the framework provided meeting key timelines through efficient and effective self-management.
• Support the development of each student's personal, social and emotional domains through pastoral care policies and structures.
• Participate actively in ongoing professional learning opportunities that contribute to both the practitioner's personal, professional capacity as well as to the College's organisational capacity.
• Contribute to the development of Literacy, Numeracy and Learning Technology in each student across all learning programs.
• Contribute to the development and health of learning partnerships with College families through participation in and support of the Student Experiences program, Outdoor Education program and community events and activities.
• Actively contribute to the Outdoor Education Program through annual attendance at camps as advised.

The successful candidate will possess

• Must be registered or eligible for registration in Queensland as a teacher.
• Appropriate tertiary degree(s) and teaching qualifications.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).
• Solid understanding and appreciation of Child Safe legislation, cultural safety and compliance requirements.
• Internet skills (able to source information using the internet).
• A clearly articulated philosophy that is synergistic and harmonious with the Anglican ethos.
• Demonstrated qualities of a personal and professional learner; specifically, the ability to reflect on one's own performance, recalibrate one's own practice and achieve continuous professional improvement.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and expertise in the implementation of pedagogical models appropriate and relevant to students' age and stage of development and/or to the particular discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a psychologically safe and supportive learning environment in which students are encouraged and assisted to reach their full personal potential.
• Demonstrated qualities of: adaptability; accountability; flexibility; innovation; initiative; problem-solving skills; energy; dynamism; passion and commitment.
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively both as a member of a team and independently, in a spirit of consultation and collegiality, including a willingness to operate within shared or parallel leadership structures.
• Demonstrated excellent written and oral, organisational and interpersonal skills including basic conflict resolution and negotiation skills that allow the applicant to engage positively with students, colleagues, parents and the wider community in a variety of contexts and situations.
• Awareness of one's own particular gifts or talents and an ability to mobilise these personal assets for the benefit of learners, colleagues and the community.
• Demonstrated capacity to use and implement Learning Technologies to enhance student learning.
• Familiarity with and capacity to implement programs in accordance with prescribed curriculum frameworks and study designs such as QCAA P-12 curriculum documents and National Curriculum initiatives.
• Experience with the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, the Casey Caterpillar Handwriting process and Sound Waves is desirable.

We offer the opportunity to work with a great College community on a beautiful rural 38-hectare campus conducive to improved staff and student wellbeing and life-long learning. There are a range of employee benefits available, including a healthy tuckshop, free parking, gym facilities and an Employee Assistance Program.

• a healthy tuckshop
• free parking
• gym facilities
• an Employee Assistance Program

West Moreton Anglican College is committed to providing an environment where children and young people receive the highest standard of care, where their rights are supported, and they have the opportunity to thrive and be fruitful. As such, the successful applicant will be expected to adhere to the College's policies and procedures relevant to student care and protection.

The successful candidate will possess the relevant requirements for the role and must be eligible for or hold a current working with children Blue Card/QCT registration/Professional registration as is relevant.

West Moreton Anglican College reserves the right to conduct online checks using publicly available content to assess cultural fit. We may also, with your written consent, contact previous employers not listed on your resume, to verify work history.

West Moreton Anglican College is an equal opportunity employer and values an inclusive and diverse workforce.