Jabiru Community College (JCC) is based in Zillmere, North Brisbane. We are a young, small community that provides education for 75 young people seeking a flexible, caring and holistic approach to learning. 30% of our current students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also have a growing cohort of young people with diverse genders and sexualities.

JCC acknowledges that we are located on Aboriginal Land and acknowledge the tribal people of the area in which we are situated.

Who we are looking for:

Are you passionate about Big Picture ways of learning and helping young people find and learn through their own passions? Are you excited to work collaboratively to help us embed Big Picture learning processes throughout our unique learning environment? Are you committed to self awareness and social justice? We would like to talk to you!

We are looking for 2 new teachers to work as Big Picture Advisors to come on the journey with us as we re-imagine quality education for young people on the margins. We are inspired by the educational philosophies and ideas of constructivism - more recently the work of Big Picture Education Australia and others. We hope you will be too.

People who identify as Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander are strongly encouraged to apply.

The finer details:

The position is a full-time (38 hours per week) for a period of 12 months (3-month probation), with a view to extending beyond this. The position is covered under the Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award with above award pay and conditions.

The purpose of this position is:

• Coordinate an Advisory Group in our unique context.
• Help embed and refine Big Picture Design Principles across the whole school, through collaborative work with all team members.
• Acknowledge, support and encourage young people's personal agency in learning across all aspects of their lives from a post-structuralist orientation.
• Work together with staff and young people, using community development principles to build a community of learners committed to lifelong learning.

Workers in our learning community aspire to the following:

• Contributing to reconciliation processes and working together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and non-Indigenous communities for the benefit of all of our community members.
• A willingness to listen to and share the diversity of experience of the young people and workers in the community, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, those who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds and those who have a diversity of gender or sexual identities.
• Listening out for the hopes, dreams, capacities and skills of young people and each other.
• Working in a trans-disciplinary way - sharing with and learning from colleagues from other disciplines and backgrounds in a team setting.
• Taking care of ourselves and each other and holding on to hope and optimism.
• Being able to work hard to lovingly put our ideas into action.

What you will need:

Applicants must have:

• Paid Employee Working with Children Blue Card Check (authorisation by the Commission for Children & Young People to work with under 18 year olds) or ability to acquire one.
• Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Big Picture Design for Learning.
• Teaching qualification and eligibility for registration with the QLD College of Teachers.
• Current driver’s license.

View the position description on the web at: http://bit.ly/JCCADV2021

If you want to talk further, call the college on 07 3554 1799 and ask to speak with David or Frances.