Teacher Aide

North West Queensland; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

North West Queensland is seeking a dedicated teacher aide to support teachers and students in Mount Isa. You will assist with sporting activities, excursions, and supervision, while helping manage equipment and maintain student records.

Role requires first aid training, a Working with Children Check/Blue Card, and a respectful, confidential approach to students and families. Training in special needs support and literacy/numeracy materials is valued.

Qualifications

• Reading aloud and storytelling for diverse learners.
• Ability to support literacy and numeracy activities.
• First aid training and willingness to maintain qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Assist with sporting activities and school excursions.
• Assist in management and stocktaking of equipment and resources.
• Maintain anecdotal records for student development reviews.
• Display respect, empathy, and confidentiality with students and families.
• Provide clerical support: typing, photocopying, bus lists, exam papers, results records.
• Supervise education activities under teacher direction.
• Prepare, store and handle teaching equipment and materials.
• Support playground and bus supervision.
• Deliver first aid when needed and keep qualifications current.
• Assist students with special needs and daily care where required.
• Read aloud, storytelling, laundering linens, care of equipment.
• Support literacy and numeracy with materials for at-risk students.

Skills

Reading aloud

Storytelling

First aid training

Confidentiality

Empathy

Education

Blue Card / WWCC

Job description

• Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
• Assisting with the management and stocktaking of equipment and resources.
• Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student’s development.
• Displaying respect and empathy for students.
• Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
• Clerical assistance duties including typing teachers' notes and work programs, duplicating and photocopying teaching materials, checking bus lists, collation and duplication of exam papers, recording of examination results, compiling students results records, assisting in organising off site activities etc.
• Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher.
• Assisting in preparing, storing, making available and clearing away teaching equipment and materials.
• Assisting teaching staff with playground and bus supervision.
• Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students including the delivery of first aid. Where the teacher aide is required to administer first aid, the teacher aide would be required to be formally trained in the administration of first aid, and keep such qualifications current. All costs associated with obtaining and maintaining qualifications would be met from school funds.
• Assist students with special needs, this may in certain circumstances extend to moving disabled pupils, assisting with positioning, assisting with meals, toileting and dressing of pupils unable to care for themselves. Suitable training is essential.
• Reading aloud and storytelling, Laundering linens, Care of equipment.
• Specific Literacy and Numeracy duties may include:support for teachers in providing learning materials for students at risk
  working with small groups as well as individual students
  use of computers when working with students.

You must have a Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be willing to undertake a Criminal History Check with the Department of Education.