Learning Support Coordinator - Primary - Branxton

Catholic Schools Office Maitland - Newcastle; Branxton; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Training & staff development

Paid parental leave

Long service leave

Job summary

Rosary Park Catholic School in Branxton invites applications for a permanent full-time Learning Support Coordinator (K-6). The role focuses on ensuring every child has access to high-quality learning and inclusive education within a Catholic school community.

Commencement is January 2027. The successful candidate will supervise the Learning Support team, coordinate assessments and personalised plans, collaborate with parents and external providers, and promote evidence-based teaching practices

Qualifications

• Articulate clear understanding of Catholic education and mission.
• Experience with K-6/7-12 students with disabilities across categories.
• Ability to collaborate with school staff, CSO and external partners.
• Experience delivering professional learning for staff and parents.
• Ability to lead a team and manage programs.
• Ability to gather and utilise assessment data to determine adjustments.
• Ability to prepare Personalised Plans and Learner Profiles for students with disability.
• Experience supporting enrolment and transitions.
• Knowledge of Disability legislation and NCCD.
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and administrative skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Learning Support faculty/team.
• Identify students with special needs; coordinate referrals with parents and providers.
• Deliver intervention, teach students, and assist curriculum differentiation.
• Oversee adjustments via PP/LP documentation with teachers.
• Collaborate to align adjustments with school curriculum plans.
• Contribute to staff professional development and parent education.
• Coordinate documentation for enrolment and transitions.
• Ensure evidence collection for NCCD inclusion.
• Support development of inclusive learning environments.
• Manage programs to support students with disability.
• Build capacity of staff in Special Education.

Skills

Catholic mission

Disability expertise

Stakeholder collaboration

Professional learning

Team leadership

Data analysis

Personalised Plans

Education

Four-year trained teacher

Postgraduate in Special Education

NESA Accreditation

Current NSW WWCC

Job description

Learning Support Coordinator - Primary - Branxton

Catholic Schools Office Maitland - Newcastle – Branxton NSW

15h ago , from Catholic Schools Office Maitland - Newcastle

Rosary Park Catholic School, Branxton is seeking a permanent full-time Learning Support Coordinator to join the team commencing January 2027.

Rosary Park Catholic School is a unique school community offering children a quality education from Kindergarten to Year 6. At Rosary Park, children are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning while offering a community that is supportive of the creative, unique, and individual talents of every child. Working with parents and the wider community to provide a holistic education, our ultimate aim is to equip each child with the skills to adapt and flourish within a constantly changing world.

28/09/2026

11/10/2026

Permanent - Full Time

Branxton

Education, Childcare & Training

Rosary Park Catholic School, Branxton is seeking a permanent full-time Learning Support Coordinator to join the team commencing January 2027.

Rosary Park Catholic School is a unique school community offering children a quality education from Kindergarten to Year 6. At Rosary Park, children are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning while offering a community that is supportive of the creative, unique, and individual talents of every child. Working with parents and the wider community to provide a holistic education, our ultimate aim is to equip each child with the skills to adapt and flourish within a constantly changing world.

Job Description

The Learning Support Coordinator (K-6) in a Catholic school has a unique role to play and is assigned with the task of ensuring each child has the opportunity to grow both academically and spiritually and to live a purposeful life. Examples of responsibilities of the Learning Support Coordinator include, but are not limited to, the following:

• supervise the work of personnel in the Learning Support faculty/team.
• assist with the identification of students with special educational needs, consult and collaborate with parents, colleagues, CSO personnel and external providers, and facilitate referral and assessment procedures with Catholic Schools Office Student Support staff.
• deliver intervention, teach students, and assist teachers with curriculum differentiation.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and monitoring and review of adjustments, as documented in the Personalised Plan (PP) or Learner Profile (LP), collaborating with class teachers and other relevant personnel.
• work collaboratively with other teachers/educators to ensure that the adjustments developed to support students with disabilities are aligned to school curriculum plans.
• contribute to the provision of staff professional development and parent education programs.
• liaise with relevant schools particularly in relation to transition periods.
• coordinate the preparation of documentation required under legislation in line with privacy, confidentiality, and disability obligations, for example, pre-enrolment / transition documentation, submissions for increased support, etc.
• ensure the collection of evidence to support inclusion in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD).
• support the development of inclusive learning environments.
• manage programs and processes to support students with disability.
• build capacity of teachers and other school staff in the area of Special Education.

The teacher will promote the school as a place of learning and excellence in accordance with contemporary evidence-based learning and wellbeing principles (including digital learning) and will ensure the ongoing development and implementation of pedagogical practices that impact on student learning outcomes. The teacher will acknowledge and agree to the requirement to work within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Desired Skills and Experience

CRITERIA/EXPERIENCE

• Ability to articulate a clear understanding of and a personal commitment to Catholic education and the mission of the Church through Catholic schools.
• Proven successful experience working with students (K-6/7-12) with all categories of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory, social/emotional.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with school staff, CSO staff and external stakeholders in order to establish productive partnerships and achieve educational outcomes for students.
• Experience in the delivery of professional learning for staff and parents.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team and manage programs.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively gather and utilise assessment data, and other relevant student data, to determine the adjustments required for individual students and groups of students.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively prepare Personalised Plans and Learner Profiles for students with disability, interpreting and responding to specialist reports.
• Experience in supporting student enrolment and transitions.
• Detailed working knowledge of Disability legislation and the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data.
• Evidence of excellent organisational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.

Qualifications/Accreditations

• Qualifications as a four-year trained teacher
• Postgraduate qualifications in Special Education and/or extensive special education experience.
• Active NESA Accreditation.
• Current paid NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) number.
• Completion of anaphylaxis training.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Salary is in accordance with New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2025.

• Work in quality schools where students are nurtured, challenged and encouraged to excel and grow
• A corporate fitness program through Fitness Passport (T&C's apply)
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Training and staff development programs
• Paid parental leave for eligible employees
• Access to long service leave after just five years for eligible employees

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Contact Ashley Borg, Principal on Tel: [phone]*** or via email: ***********@mn.catholic.edu.au

Application Deadline

Applications close: Sunday 11th October 2026 at 11.59pm