<p><strong>Location: </strong>St John's Primary School - Riverstone</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li><strong>Temporary Full-time position for Term 4 – possible view of extension</strong></li><li><strong>ALL applications welcome including recent Graduates who are urged to apply!</strong></li></ul><p>Located in Riverstone, <a href="https://www.stjohnsriverstone.catholic.edu.au/">St John’s Primary</a> is a co-educational Catholic school committed to providing a comprehensive education from Kindergarten to Year 6. We offer a balanced and caring learning environment focused on the needs of each child.</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><p>There are so many great things that St John's has to offer! As a valued employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our schools. But that's not all, we offer:</p><ul><li>Salary packaging for eligible employees</li><li>Wellbeing initiatives and resources</li><li>Extensive growth and development opportunities</li><li>Cultural leave for Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander employees</li><li>State-of-the-art facilities</li></ul><p><strong>A typical day will include:</strong></p><ul><li>Structuring lessons to meet the physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of each student</li><li>Creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive and challenging learning environment and implementing fair and equitable behaviour management plans</li><li>Interpreting and using student assessment data to diagnose barriers to learning and to challenge students to improve their performance</li><li>Effectively managing the learning cycle, including planning for learning and assessment, developing learning programs, teaching, assessing, providing feedback on student learning and reporting to parents/carers</li><li>Engaging with our school community within and beyond the classroom to enrich the educational context for students</li></ul><p><strong>What you can bring:</strong></p><ul><li>An understanding of contemporary pedagogical approaches for primary years learners</li><li>Knowledge of the content and sequence of Key Learning Areas</li><li>Knowledge of a variety of online and multimedia programs to support student learning&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to make content meaningful to students at different levels</li><li>A natural aptitude and drive to work with and within a collaborative team environment</li><li>Well-developed communication, administration and interpersonal skills</li><li>A willingness to learn and a commitment to your own professional development</li></ul><p><i>Applications must include a Cover Letter addressing the position criteria, qualification transcripts, professional experience reports (if applicable), names of three professional referees, including one from your current Principal.</i></p><p><i>Interviews may be conducted prior to closing date.</i></p><p><strong>Essential Qualifications and Accreditations:</strong></p><ul><li>Eligibility according to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)</li><li>Tertiary Qualification (minimum 4-year degree, or 75% complete)</li><li>Valid <a href="https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/">Working with Children Check</a> (for employment purposes)</li></ul><p>Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children 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.</p><p>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 and adoption and compliance with CSPD’s Child Safeguarding Procedures and Code of Conduct When Working With Students and Children. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian <a href="https://www.ocg.nsw.gov.au/">https://www.ocg.nsw.gov.au/</a>.</p><p><strong>Apply today!</strong></p>