Role Description/Criteria
St Robert’s Catholic Primary School is a vibrant, faith-filled, and welcoming community committed to the safety, well-being and protection of all children in our care.
The successful applicant will:
- Committed to child safety, to maintaining best practices to ensure this, and to ongoing evaluation of these practices
- Demonstrate alignment with MACS Visions for Instruction and Engagement, using evidence-based practices to maximise student learning.
- Embrace Explicit Direct Instruction and Engagement Norms as the foundation of classroom practice.
- Collaborate effectively within a team, contributing to the shared responsibility for student growth and achievement.
- Be open to coaching, reflective practice, and welcoming feedback to support professional learning and development.
- Collaborate effectively within a team, contributing to shared responsibility for student growth and achievement.
Special Requirements:
- Full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
- Accreditation to teach Religious Education in a Catholic Primary School is desirable.
Success Criteria:
- Be faith-filled with a strong commitment to the Catholic ethos of the school and to the spiritual, emotional, social, and educational well-being of all students.
- Have strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the capacity to continue building authentic relationships with students, colleagues, and families and work collaboratively as an active member of a team.
- Use supportive, consistent, and respectful behaviour management practices that promote a positive learning environment.
- Display a strong understanding of contemporary learning practices, including explicit direct instruction and responsive teaching, and demonstrate a willingness to work within a low-variance, knowledge-rich curriculum.
Interested applicants are encouraged to send the following documentation to employment@srnewtown.catholic.edu.au
- Short one-page covering letter
- Attach a Curriculum Vitae, including three references, including your last two school principals
- Response to the selection criteria. Please keep responses to two pages
- St Robert’s Application Form
Application Procedure
Please email all application documents, including cover letter, CV, response to success criteria and application form as PDFs to employment@srnewtown.catholic.edu.au