<p>St Joseph's Catholic College, Aberdeen is seeking a Permanent Full Time Learning Support Teacher to join the team in January 2025.<br><br>St Joseph's Catholic College&nbsp;is a co-educational, Year 7-12 school committed in partnership with the community to meeting the academic, social, physical and spiritual needs of its students.<br>St Joseph’s promotes an authentic learning community with a rigorous and comprehensive academic curriculum encouraging high standards of education for every student.<br>&nbsp;<br><br>The teaching community are deeply committed to helping students achieve their goals with a strong focus on Catholic identity and the development of the whole person.<br>Among the school community it is highly recognise that learning has its greatest outcomes when parents, students and teachers form strong relationships based on mutual respect and trust.<br>Teachers maintain high expectations of students, fostering the formation of well-rounded and spiritually centred young people.<br>Relocating to a new community to live and work is a leap of faith.<br>It involves a shifting away from family, friends and familiar routines.<br>However, it can also open up possibilities of opportunities for professional growth, unique experiences and new friendships.&nbsp;<br><br>• &nbsp;Join a school set among green fields with extensive picturesque views of rich farmlands, cattle grazing, the Hunter River and distant mountains; &nbsp;<br><br>• &nbsp;Join an agricultural environment committed to enriching staff and students with a variety of real life experiences through interactive agricultural projects.<br><br><br><br><a href="https://diocesemn.azurewebsites.net/media/5998/position_description_-_cso_-_learning_support_teacher_-_secondary.pdf"><strong>POSITION DESCRIPTION</strong></a><br><br>The Learning Support Teacher (7-12) in a Catholic school has a unique role to play and is assigned with the task of ensuring each child has the opportunity to grow both academically and spiritually and to live a purposeful life. &nbsp;Examples of responsibilities of the Learning Support Teacher include but are not limited to the following:<br>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>assist with the identification of students with special educational needs, consult and collaborate with parents, colleagues, CSO personnel and external providers, and facilitate referral and assessment procedures with Catholic Schools Office Student Support staff.<br>&nbsp;</li><li>deliver intervention, teach students, and assist teachers with curriculum differentiation, as specified by the Leader of Learning Support / Learning Support Coordinator.<br>&nbsp;</li><li>collaborate with class teachers and other relevant people to assist in the design, implementation, and monitoring and review of adjustments, as documented in the Personalised Plan (PP) or Learner Profile (LP).<br>&nbsp;</li><li>work collaboratively with other Learning Support personnel.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</li><li>contribute to the provision of staff professional development and parent education programs.<br>&nbsp;</li><li>liaise with relevant schools particularly in relation to transition periods.<br>&nbsp;</li><li>contribute to the preparation of documentation required under legislation in line with privacy, confidentiality, and disability obligations, for example, pre-enrolment documentation, and assist in the preparation of submissions for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)<br>&nbsp;</li><li>support the development of inclusive learning environments&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</li><li>assist in the implementation of programs and processes to support students with disability&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</li><li>assist in building capacity of school staff in the area of Special Education&nbsp;<br><br>The teacher will promote the school as a place of learning and excellence in accordance with contemporary evidence-based learning and wellbeing principles (including digital learning) and will ensure the ongoing development and implementation of pedagogical practices that impact on student learning outcomes.&nbsp; The teacher will acknowledge and agree to the requirement to work within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.</li></ul>