Teacher Aide (Identified) - Albany Creek State High School

Queensland Department of Education; Brisbane; Sur place; AUD 39 000 - 47 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Albany Creek State High School, part of the Queensland Department of Education, seeks a dedicated Teacher Aide (Identified) to support First Nations student initiatives and classroom activities at Albany Creek. The role focuses on improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, with literacy and numeracy support and family/community engagement.

The position is temporary and part-time (0.66FTE), 50 hours per fortnight, offering classroom-based aide duties,

Qualifications

• Supports literacy and numeracy development.
• Assists with classroom activities and learning resources.
• Helps with supervision and welfare of students.
• Promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

Responsabilités

• Assist teachers and students with sporting activities and excursions.
• Maintain confidentiality and act with discretion regarding student information.
• Develop activities to promote partnerships with families and community.
• Assist in provision of learning materials and activities for Indigenous programs.
• Support scholarships applications and cross-cultural awareness training.

Description du poste

Teacher Aide (Identified) - Albany Creek State High School

Queensland Department of Education – Queensland

The Teacher Aide (Identified) supports teachers with classroom activities and learning resources, with a focus on improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at Albany Creek.

The role involves providing literacy and numeracysupport, assisting with student supervision and welfare, building partnerships with families and the community, supporting scholarship applications, and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures across the school. This position is being offered in aTemporary Part-Time capacity (0.66FTE), 50 hours per fortnight.

About us:

Albany Creek State High School is a leading Independent Public School with a strong tradition of student success across academic, cultural and sporting pursuits.

We prioritise the development of positive and productive relationships and are focused on delivering responsive teaching and learning, strengthened identity and belonging, enhanced engagement and wellbeing, and the conditions where students, staff and community members can achieve their personal best within a supportive environment.

Your opportunity:

Albany Creek State High is seeking a dedicated Teacher Aide to support First Nations student initiatives and programs across the school. This role will work closely with students, staff and community stakeholders to enhance engagement and educational outcomes, while also providing classroom-based teacher aide support in a range of learning environments.

As the Teacher Aide (Identified), you will contribute to the provision of a quality educational service by assisting and supporting teachers with the preparation/enhancement of learning materials and associated activities, support activities with the objective of improving learning outcomes of Indigenous students, and provide resourcing for cross cultural awareness training to the broader school community.

Responsibilities incude, but are not limited to:

• Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
• Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
• Development of activities which promote productive partnerships between individual and group members of the community, under the relevant teacher or other staff member responsible for the indigenous portfolio.
• Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student's development.
• Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitivity to students and their families.
• Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher (for example, a bush tucker garden).
• Assisting teaching staff with playground/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.
• Assisting students to find reference materials.
• Providing assistance and advice with the scholarships application process.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.