Location: Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn NSW
Employment Type: Permanent
Employment Status: Full-time  
Salary Range: $79,057 to $133,846full-time equivalent plus superannuation. Salary is determined based on years of teaching service. 
Start Date: January 2025
Closing Date: 11.55 pm, Thursday 28 November 2024

About Trinity Catholic College
Welcome to Trinity Catholic College, a dynamic co-educational school for Years 7-12 in Goulburn, New South Wales. At Trinity, we prioritize a holistic education that nurtures academic excellence, personal growth, and strong community ties. Our dedicated teachers are committed to fostering an engaging learning environment where students can explore their interests, develop critical skills, and form lasting friendships. We believe in the importance of unity and support, ensuring that every student feels valued and encouraged to thrive. Join us at Trinity Catholic College, where a thriving community and a commitment to excellence pave the way for your child's success.

Trinity Catholic College is a part of the Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (CECG), which operates 56 Catholic Systemic Schools and nine Early Learning Centres.

CECG is committed to workforce diversity and creating inclusive workplaces. We welcome applications from suitable candidates from all diversity groups to support our system of schools and early learning centres in delivering quality education outcomes for the students in our care. 

About the Role

Join our team as an English secondary teacher and play a crucial role in shaping students' communication skills, critical thinking, and love for literature. In this position, you will deliver engaging lessons in reading, writing, and analysis, utilising Catalyst to guide students through diverse texts and help them articulate their ideas effectively. Your supportive and inclusive teaching style will create an inspiring classroom environment where students thrive academically and personally. If you’re passionate about fostering analytical skills and encouraging meaningful discussions, we want you to empower our students to become confident, informed thinkers and engaged members of society.

Benefits and Opportunities 

• A positive and collaborative workplace culture 
• Extensive training in our high-quality professional learning program, Catalyst 
• Access to curriculum resources that support evidence-based, high-impact teaching practice 
• 24 weeks of paid parental leave (maternity/adoption) 
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave (paternity/non-initial primary carer leave) 
• Support for professional development and study opportunities 
• Opportunities to transfer to other schools within the Archdiocese across ACT and NSW to support lifestyle choice 

Key Responsibilities 

• Create a learning environment that stimulates learning promotes excellence and accepts and acknowledges the needs of students to
• be both challenged and supported.
• Use a variety of teaching and learning techniques to meet individual needs.
• Identify learner needs, conferring with specialist staff in the school when necessary.
• Present and explain assessment criteria to students in advance.
• Provide timely and useful feedback about completed assessment items for students.
• Communicate in a clear, respectful, and professional way to optimise each student’s development.
• Maintain professional confidentiality on information about students.
• Be proficient in the use of IT as a teaching and administrative tool.
• Plan, prepare, record, and evaluate work to be undertaken by classes.
• Mark and assess students’ work and keep complete and accurate records of each student’s progress.
• Communicate with parents in written reports and parent-teacher interviews and at other times as required.
• Carry out administrative tasks thoroughly and punctually.
• Communicate with and establish effective and cooperative working relationships with staff.
• Help enable the best use of shared resources.
• Undertake playground, class, and other supervision according to rosters as required.
• Work with colleagues to review and develop the curriculum and write course documents.
• Keep abreast of knowledge and curriculum development in teaching areas as well as current developments in educational thinking.

Qualifications  

• Bachelor of Teaching or Master of Teaching.
• Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) and/or Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) registrations.
• Teaching Quality Institute (TQI) registration and/or NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) accreditation.

Other Eligibility Criteria 

You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident to be eligible to apply for this position.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment in accordance with CECG policy. 
Application Process 

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and current resume including a statement of suitability against the skills, attributes, and experience as outlined in the Position Description. 

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment in accordance with CE policy. 

For further information about the School please visit our website. Information about the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn can be accessed here. 

Position-specific queries: Please contact Gaye McManus on 4821 3304 or via email gaye.mcmanus@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

Application queries: Please contact the Recruitment team on 02 6234 5427 or via email recruitment@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

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