Careers at CSPD

** 1 day a week (negotiable on the day)

** RFF Teacher commencing Term 2, 2024

The School

St Monica's Primary is a great place for students to grow in faith and learning. The school values each student as an individual and shares the values of the Gospel to help them discover the hope within and to experience a meaningful and flourishing life. St Monica’s Primary believes it is important for students to pursue their interests. The school challenges students to be brave enough to try new things, whilst having fun along the way.

The Organisation 

St Monica’s Primary is proud to be part of the Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD). The Diocese is a system of 83 schools with over 5000 employees, committed to responding to the needs of students in a world that is changing rapidly. We are always on the lookout for top talent to help us achieve our strategic goal of inspiring the future, through quality catholic schooling and by strengthening the professional lives of our employees.

The opportunity

We are seeking a passionate and motivated K-6 Primary teacher to join our teaching team and enrich the learning of our students. The role is for an RFF teacher, one day a week, beginning as soon as possible. The day of the week is negotiable. The position is part-time temporary.

The Benefits 

There are so many great things that St Monica’s Primary School has to offer! As a valued St Monica’s employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our school. But that's not all. We offer:

• Competitive remuneration

• Wellbeing initiatives and resources

• Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees

• State-of-the-art facilities 

The successful candidate

The successful candidate will:

• Graduate teachers encouraged to apply 

• Have a sound knowledge of and commitment to our Catholic faith and mission in Catholic education. 

• Inspire a love of learning in their students

• Be engaging and innovative

• Demonstrate a commitment to unleashing the potential of each student

• Be committed to the continual improvement of your teaching practice and receptive to opportunities for personal and professional development.

• Have active listening skills and the ability to engage with and build strong positive relationships with members of the school community including employees, students and parents 

• Have the ability to cater for students with diverse backgrounds, needs and abilities

• Maintain industry currency, sharing their passion for learning

• Structure lessons to meet the physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of your students 

• Create and maintain a safe, inclusive and challenging learning environment and implement fair and equitable behaviour management plans

• Evaluate all aspects of your teaching practice to ensure you are meeting the learning needs of each student 

• Interpret and use student assessment data to diagnose barriers to learning and to challenge students to improve their performance 

• Effectively manage the learning cycle, including planning for learning and assessment, developing learning programs, teaching, assessing, providing feedback on student learning and reporting to parents/carers

• Please address the above criteria in your cover letter 

The Qualifications:

• Eligibility according to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) 

• Tertiary Qualification (minimum 4-year degree, or 75% complete) 

• Valid Working with Children Check (for employment purposes)
  
  

Interested?

Apply today!

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Police Check, retention of a valid Working with Children Check. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here.

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.