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Form of workOur purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.
About The BUSY Schools…
The BUSY Schools are part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, and allied health services.
The BUSY Schools are independent Special Assistance Schools with 7 campuses across Cairns, Brisbane, and Gold Coast/Coolangatta, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.
Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.
Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.
About the position...
Based at the School Campus in Cleveland, you will be required to re-engage students in year 11 or 12 and educate them to their educational needs, abilities and attainment potential. This is a job split between teaching and being our campus Curriculum Coordinator. This role would be perfect for someone who has experience working in Senior Schooling along side the QCAA.
Our team is required to work together to assist our students and the school in achieving success. This involves building strong respectful relationships with a range of students while utilising behaviour management techniques to maintain the expectations of the classroom. It also involves working closely with teacher aides and utilising their abilities in the classroom to help the students. We aim to achieve academic success while preparing our students for their future, with a heavy emphasis on vocational pathways as a roadmap to achievement.
What's an everyday looking like?
- Develop, plan, implement and evaluate curriculum and teaching plans with lessons designed to meet the educational standards of the BUSY Schools young people
- Conduct research and consult with key collaborators for the purpose of curriculum development
- Use evaluations and data to make recommendations for how to improve and edit existing curricula on an annual basis
- Regular teaching classes
BUSY Benefits:
- Competitive, above award salary
- Paid Parental Leave program
- 13 weeks long service leave
- 12.5% superannuation
- NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card!
- Training and Professional development commitment
- Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
About you...
- Curriculum planning, development, implementation and evaluation experience
- You hold full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration as a Teacher in Queensland
- Ability to work within the curriculum of secondary education
- Be passionate about facilitating and supporting student education pathways
Next steps...
This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.
The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.
The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
