Teacher Aide - Woogaroo Creek Special School

Queensland Department of Education; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Woogaroo Creek Special School in Augustine Heights, part of the Queensland Department of Education, opens in 2027 with seven teacher aide roles. You will support primary-age students with disabilities throughout the day in a new, supportive team environment.

Various hours can be negotiated; responsibilities include assisting with activities, managing resources, maintaining records, and ensuring safety and welfare of students with high needs.

Responsibilities

• Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and school excursions.
• Managing and stocktaking equipment and resources.
• Maintaining anecdotal records on students for review of development.
• Supporting students with high level needs with confidentiality and empathy.
• Supplying classroom materials, typing notes, duplicating teaching resources.
• Supervising education activities and playground/bus supervision.
• Collecting money from students for school activities as required.
• Delivering first aid where trained, and ensuring qualifications are current.

Job description

Teacher Aide - Woogaroo Creek Special School

Queensland Department of Education – South Ripley QLD

Woogaroo Creek Special School is being delivered for Springfield-Redbank.

Woogaroo Creek Special School will adjoin Woogaroo Creek State School on Queensland Government owned land.

The new school will increase special schooling capacity and provide enrolment relief in the local school network. The school opening is planned for 2027 for stage 1, with stage 2 planned for Term 1 2028.

Your opportunity:

Join us at a new special school opening in 2027 'Woogaroo Creek Special School' in Augustine Heights. Work in a new and supportive team to support primary age students with disabilities throughout the school day. Be a part of a busy and dynamic work environment. Various hours can be negotiated.

7 positions are avaliable with negotiable hours for each.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
• Assisting with the management and stocktaking of equipment and resources.
• Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
• Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student's development.
• Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs.
• Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
• The compiling and supervising of class rolls.
• 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.
• Collecting money from students for various school activities as required.
• 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.
• Listening to students' reading.
• Assisting with science demonstrations, textile and cooking classes; e.g. collation of food lists, purchasing, preparation and storage of materials.

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.

Contact Name: Kali Harris, Head of Campus (07) 3201 9***
Closing Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2026