Learning Support Assistant — Literacy & Numeracy Coach

St Philip’s Christian Education Foundation Ltd; Australia; Remote; AUD 42,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to help integrate and manage students with additional learning needs in the classroom, under the direction of the Learning Support Teacher. You will work with staff to support learning, deliver targeted literacy and numeracy programs to small groups, and maintain records and progress data.

A current Working With Children Check and a commitment to Christian education are required.

Qualifications

• A current paid Working With Children Check.
• Be a committed Christian and an active church member.
• Uphold and support the mission, core values, vision, policies and aims of the College.
• Be passionate about Christian education.
• Represent the College in a positive manner to the wider school community.
• Display discretion, confidentiality, honesty and integrity.
• Maintain and build upon your professional expertise by participating in appropriate professional development courses.
• Lead by example with high professional standards in all aspects of College life.
• Be personally and corporately committed to developing best practice in teaching, student management and procedural matters.
• Demonstrate high level interpersonal skills, accurate and consistent communication skills, effective collaboration, and effective conflict resolution skills and strategies.
• Demonstrate a high level of organisational proficiency, maintaining high standards with a calm and methodical approach.
• Be positive, self-directed, empathetic, enthusiastic and highly motivated, demonstrating adaptability, flexibility, resilience, multi-tasking and capacity to manage work related pressures.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively as a member of a team.
• Work successfully to build positive, caring relationships with staff, students, parents/carers and the wider community.
• Excellent working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of products and a willingness to embrace new technologies.
• Support the health and safety of yourself and others by undertaking duties in a manner that is positive, proactive and sustainable.
• Compliance with workplace policies and procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control.
• Identification and timely reporting of health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property damage at the workplace.
• Correct utilisation of any Personal Protective Equipment

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with teaching staff to support student learning and engagement, which includes, among others, responding to student needs as they arise and maintaining an orderly and attractive learning environment.
• Deliver Tier 2 (strategic) and Tier 3 (Intensive) Literacy and Numeracy programs for small groups of students where trained to do and under the direction of Learning Support Teacher.
• Complete and submit assessment data to the Learning Support Teacher on a regular basis.
• Run small groups according to Learning Support Assistant timetableand maintain small group records on attendance, lessons/lesson notes, and resources used.
• Assist the Learning Support Teacher in maintaining Individual Student Programs that integrate these various records.
• Develop and manage Learning Support activities timetable for each term and run small groups accordingly.
• Provide regular feedback to Learning Support Teacher and class teachers on small group progress.
• Deliver standardised testing and placement testing to individual student where teacher qualifications are not necessary to do so.
• Assist in supervising activities such as connect groups, chapel, extra-curricular activities and playground duties, as directed.
• Assist the Learning Support Teacher with the testing of enrolled students.
• Assist and teach students with additional needs within a classroom learning environment in either a small group or individually, under the direction of the teacher.
• Assist with supervision of Disability Adjustments/Disability Provisions for NAPLAN and various exams.
• Perform clerical and other duties, as requested, within the limits of your skills, competence, training and/or experience as given by your supervisor and/or College Principal.

Skills

Discretion and integrity

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock is seeking a Learning Support Assistant to help integrate and manage students with additional learning needs in the classroom, under the direction of the Learning Support Teacher. You will work with staff to support learning, deliver targeted literacy and numeracy programs to small groups, and maintain records and progress data.

A current Working With Children Check and a commitment to Christian education are required.