<p>The successful candidate will engage effective teaching strategies to cater to a diverse range of students needs and abilities and promote a positive classroom that nurtures curiosity and the love of learning.  You will join a dedicated and professional team with a strong focus on delivering curriculum-aligned content and achieving quality teaching and learning outcomes. </p><p><strong>Benefits of joining Catherine McAuley College:</strong></p><ul><li>A culture of continuous professional improvement</li><li>Access to a growing range of modern and state-of-the art equipment and facilities in a spacious learning environment.</li><li>Generous professional development opportunities</li><li>Be part of an exciting and positively evolving education community.</li></ul><p><strong>What you will bring to the team</strong></p><p>To be successful in this role, you will bring relevant qualifications and contemporary teaching experience in line with the <a href="https://www.aitsl.edu.au/standards" rel="nofollow">Australian Professional Standards for Teachers</a> and be in any of the career stages of Graduate, Proficient, Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher.</p><p>Subject teachers are skilled practitioners, who meet the professional standards for teachers as outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leaderships (AITSL). Subject teachers are required to draw on their practice from the <a href="https://www.aitsl.edu.au/standards" rel="nofollow">AITSL dimensions</a> of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional engagement.</p><p>As a Senior Biology, General Science and VET Animal Studies teacher you will have:</p><ul><li>Strong literacy, numeracy and digital literacy practices plus a clear understanding of the Australian Curriculum.</li><li>Relevant qualifications and experience in teaching Science and Animal Studies (desired but not essential) subjects.</li><li>A dynamic and innovative classroom teacher who will have an adventurous and creative approach to engage your students and utilise STEAM resources to maximise learning potential and outcomes.</li><li>Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a unique ability to engage positively with students, encourage respectful relationships and contribute to a productive learning environment.</li><li>A professional and collaborative approach to your work.</li><li>An innate desire for continuous learning and professional improvement that includes classroom-based learning, mentoring, and coaching.</li><li>Commitment to child safety.</li><li>Proven organisational skills.</li><li>Commitment to the Catholic Educational philosophy of the College.</li></ul><p><strong>About Catherine McAuley College</strong></p><p>Catherine McAuley College is a co-educational Year 7 to 12 Catholic secondary school and a member of the vibrant network of <a href="https://www.mercy.edu.au/" rel="nofollow">Mercy Education Limited,</a>schools around Australia, Catherine McAuley College staff benefit from a professional environment, which has been cultivated over the 145 years of the school’s heritage.</p><p>The Mercy values of compassion, courage, respect, justice, service and hospitality guide our way and our touchstone statement supports these values: ‘inspiring members of our community to be learners impelled to thrive and serve’. </p><p>The College is situated across two campuses: St Mary’s Campus, Barkly Street Bendigo (Years 10-12) and Coolock Campus, 1 St Vincent’s Road, Junortoun (Years 7 – 9). The current enrolment is approximately 1500 students with a significant growth forecast and plans well underway for further exciting future developments.</p><p>The College is a reGEN school committed to promoting and adopting an integrated curriculum approach to sustainable living including respecting, conserving, and renewing our global environment. </p><p>We are dedicated to developing students who are critical and creative thinkers, with the skills to be self-motivated in the pursuit of knowledge. Our students are empowered to see themselves as positive agents of change, who are called to participate actively and ethically in society as young men and women of Mercy.</p><p>To explore what happens in our learning areas across both campuses, please visit our <a href="https://www.cmc.vic.edu.au/vt-coolock/" rel="nofollow">website</a>, take a <a href="https://www.cmc.vic.edu.au/vt-coolock/" rel="nofollow">virtual tour</a> or look through <a href="https://openhouse.cmc.vic.edu.au/" rel="nofollow">Open House</a> which also includes further 3D tours .</p><p><strong>More information</strong></p><p>For more information on this role, please contact Mrs Gina Giblin, Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching on 5445 9100 or <a href="mailto:ggiblin&#64;cmc.vic.edu.au" rel="nofollow">ggiblin&#64;cmc.vic.edu.au</a>. </p><p> </p>