• Ongoing coaching and mentoring
• A friendly, dynamic team of experts (including two psychologists) in school
• Generous salary packaging

About us

The Cheshire School is one of the programs of bestchance Child Family Care, an independent not-for-profit organisation. The school is a small, unique, specialist and independent Primary School for students from Foundation to Grade 4 with significant social, emotional and behavioural challenges.

Why join us?

• Small class sizes with a maximum of 12 students per class with a minimum of two teaching assistants to support
• A friendly, dynamic team of experts (including two psychologists) in school, able to offer assistance and guidance
• Flexible working hours
• On-going coaching and mentoring
• Collaborative planning and learning design,
• Professional development opportunities.
• Opportunities to contribute to an innovative Early Years Intervention Program
• As a registered charity and Public Benevolent Institution, we can offer attractive salary packaging benefits
• Extremely rewarding work with our aim to get children back to mainstream school in 18 months
• Matched salary rates to state teachers

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Teacher to join our team on a full-time basis.

You will ideally have a minimum of three years teaching (primary) experience, an understanding of the varied needs of primary school-aged children who are currently unable to succeed in mainstream settings, empathy for families in crisis, and the desire to work together to make a positive difference.

• Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students.
• Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum program within the school.
• Undertaking other classroom teaching related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal.
• Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings, staff meetings, and excursions.
• Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor Degree in Primary Education ( or equivalent)
• Experience of working with students with social, emotional and behavioural needs.
• VIT registration
• Commitment to the Child Safety Standards.
• Special Education qualification, highly regarded

 Key Selection Criteria

• SC1 Demonstrated understanding of initiatives in student learning including the Standards, the Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12 and Assessment and Reporting Advice and the capacity to implement curriculum programs consistent with their intent
• SC2 Demonstrated high-level classroom teaching skills and the capacity to work with colleagues to continually improve teaching and learning
• SC3 Demonstrated ability to monitor and assess data and to use this data to inform teaching for improved student learning
• SC4 Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and high-level interpersonal skills including a capacity to develop constructive relationships with students, parents and other staff
• SC5 Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities and a capacity to reflect on, evaluate and improve professional knowledge and practice
• SC6 Demonstrated commitment to work as a member of a collaborative team and capacity to develop highly effective teaching practices that reflect current evidence-based intervention as they apply to students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties