<p>The Wolanski Family Specialist Learning Centre (SLC) at Emanuel School serves students from K-12. As the name suggests, the SLC seeks to ensure that students with learning differences and difficulties flourish within the school to best effect, using targeted, proven teaching techniques in which recent research findings are trialled and embedded. This is somewhat different from more traditional ‘learning support’.</p> <p>Our Teaching Assistants play an important role in assisting the SLC Team and other teachers in the integration and management of students with learning and behavioural difficulties in the mainstream classroom.<br></p> <p><b>This is a full-time, permanent, term time only position. This role is available from the beginning of Term 1, 2024 and will be focused primarily in the Kindergarten classrooms.&nbsp;</b><br></p> <p>Reporting to the Director of the Specialist Learning Centre (SLC), responsibilities of a Teaching Assistant include:&nbsp;<br></p> <ul> <li>Assisting in the integration and management of students with learning, behavioural and social difficulties in the mainstream classroom</li> <li>Guiding students in managing classroom expectations, both in terms of academic performance and behaviour, as determined by the teacher and school policies</li> <li>Alerting appropriate staff to any issues related to target students</li> <li>Providing a change of environment or respite to some students as required, by supervising rest breaks of different kinds, as directed by the teachers and SLC staff</li> <li>Assisting teachers with the production of materials for these students as directed</li> <li>Assisting teachers in the delivery of computer-mediated programs and interaction as directed.</li> </ul> <p>Our Teaching Assistants should establishing a working relationship with our teachers such that, once in place, means that assistance can be delivered with minimal disruption or interruption and they become an integral part of the classroom.&nbsp;</p> <p>The successful candidate will have an Australian-recognised Education Support qualification, a valid Working with Children Check and experience working in a school and/or in a similar education support capacity. Proven experience of working with students with high level behavioural needs in a mainstream classroom would be highly valued.<br></p> <p>For more information on this exciting opportunity and why you should work at Emanuel, you can read more us at our website <a href="https://www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/about-our-school/employment" rel="nofollow">https://www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/about-our-school/employment</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br></p> <p>Apply via email with your application to <a href="mailto:<a href='mailto:recruitment@emanunelschool.nsw.edu.au?subject=Teaching%20Assistant%20%28Kindergarten%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29'>recruitment@emanunelschool.nsw.edu.au</a>?subject=Teaching%20Assistant%20%28Kindergarten%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="mailto:recruitment@emanunelschool.nsw.edu.au?subject=Teaching%20Assistant%20%28Kindergarten%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29">recruitment@emanunelschool.nsw.edu.au</a>. All applications should include a cover letter.&nbsp;<br></p> <p><b>Closing date: Sunday 17 December 2023.</b></p> <p>------</p> <p><b>Emanuel seeks to be a child safe school</b><br></p> <p>Emanuel School is committed to promoting the safety, welfare, and wellbeing of our students as our paramount priority. We seek to maintain a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety, promoting student voice and agency.&nbsp;<br></p> <p>Emanuel School has zero tolerance for child abuse and has established systems and policies to protect children, while in the School’s care, from abuse and to promote physical, emotional, and cyber safety. The protection and wellbeing of students is the responsibility of all members of the Emanuel School community, and encompasses:<br></p> <ul> <li>a duty of care to ensure that reasonable steps are taken to prevent harm to students which could reasonably have been foreseen</li> <li>obligations under child protection legislation.</li> </ul> <p>Emanuel School welcomes and celebrates diversity and remains committed to promoting the safety of every child.</p>