Learning Support Teacher

BUSY Ability; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

13 weeks long service leave

12.5% superannuation

NFP Salary Packaging

Professional development

Career progression

Employee Assistance Program

Retail Discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

The BUSY School is seeking a part-time teacher to support classroom learning at Salisbury Campus. The role focuses on personalised learning, monitoring student progress, and re-engaging students through strong relationships and behaviour management.

This position offers school-hour flexibility to suit parents or students studying part time. Applicants should hold a teaching qualification and be eligible for Queensland teacher registration, with ability to work within the senior secondary

Qualifications

• A relevant teaching qualification.
• Full registration or eligibility for full registration as a Teacher in Queensland.
• Ability to work within the curriculum of secondary education.

Responsibilities

• Support class teachers in implementing personalised learning practices.
• Identify and monitor students with learning difficulties via standardised testing.
• Re-engage students by building respectful relationships and using behavior management.
• Contribute to maintaining classroom expectations during lessons.

Skills

Secondary education curriculum

Student engagement

Education

Teaching qualification

Qld teacher registration eligibility

Job description

The BUSY School is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting nearly 50 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, Inclusive Employment Support, and allied health services.

The BUSY School is an independent Special Assistance School with 10 campuses across Queensland and New Zealand, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education. Our program has expanded to include The BUSY School Online (TBSO) offering flexible access to our program for all students across Queensland.

Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.

Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.

Job Description

About the position...

Based at our Salisbury Campus, your role will be to support class teachers in the implementation of personalised learning practices, and where necessary identify and monitor students with learning difficulties via standardised testing and in consultation with staff, families and external supports. You will re-engage students through building strong respectful relationships with a range of students while utilising behaviour management techniques to maintain the expectations of the classroom.

Permanent Part Time, 19 hours per week.

This role offers the flexibility to negotiate the hours and days of work that meet your requirements making it a perfect fit for parents wanting to work school hours or people studying part time.

Benefits of becoming a BUSY School Teacher?

• Small class sizes that allow teachers to create genuine working relationships with each student.
• 4 days of classroom learning per week allows teachers to master the preparation and delivery of lessons.
• 1 day of non-student classroom learning that provides time for preparation, parent communication, professional learning and/or marking to be completed.
• No requirement to participate in co-curricular activities outside of school hours.
• Professional development opportunities throughout the year.
• Career leadership advancement possibilities within the BUSY School network.
• Opportunities to relocate within the BUSY School campus locations, which are growing every year!
• The reward of supporting our BUSY students to realise their dreams of vocational work placement, vocational qualifications, a traineeship, or on to post-school study.
• Become part of The BUSY Group, accessing employee benefits, wellbeing programs, and the chance to work across the BUSY group in various roles.
• Paid Parental Leave program
• 13 weeks long service leave
• 12.5% superannuation
• Increase your take home pay withNFP Salary Packaging: $15,900 living expenses + $2,650 for meal entertainment
• Training and Professional development commitment
• Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave, Retail Discounts, and access to Fitness Passport

Desired Skills and Experience

About you...

• A relevant teaching qualification
• Hold full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration as a Teacher in Queensland
• Ability to work within the curriculum of secondary education

Next steps...

This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.

The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.

The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.