AddressEstimated start date: May 2024
Position tenure: Fixed-Term
Weeks worked: School term weeks only (holidays unpaid)
Tenure duration: 2024 School Year
Total Paid Hours (per week) & days required: 30 hours per week - required to work Monday to Friday
Salary level, range or hourly rate: School Officer Level 3 - $32.21 per hour (School Salary Scale)/(Services Salary Scale)
Employment conditions: Diocesan Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland Single Interest Agreement
About our school: St Columbans is a progressive, co-educational, Catholic College catering for over 1,150 students. Our contemporary campus is located in the heart of Caboolture, easily accessible by rail and bus. Our nurturing, faith filled community offers mission and retreat programs, academic and vocational excellence with diverse curriculum choices, technologically advanced 1:1 Laptop Program, comprehensive cultural programs and sporting development academy and offers multiple pathways with a Trade Training Centre, being a National Finalist in the Australian Training Awards. Staff are committed to quality inclusive Christian education in the Catholic tradition led by the Edmund Rice Touchstones. At St Columbans College there is a focus on High Expectations, Resilience and Perseverance. Explore our school website to learn more about us.
About the role - The role of the Learning Enhancement School Officer is to provide a professional and comprehensive level of inclusion support and interpersonal intelligence for the Learning Enhancement Team, other staff and students of the College, which is proactive and responsive in nature according to need at specific points in time.
You will be responsible for:
- Value adding to teaching and learning for all students at different times, under the design, direction and monitoring of the Class Teacher, ie to supplement Class Teachers’ work, rather than replace them. Allow teacher flexibility to identity learning needs of students
- Support for different groups of students between Class Teacher and School Officer on a rotational model, to allow all students equitable access to teacher time
- Assisting students to develop independent learning skills and manage their own learning, by:
- Exposing students to opportunities to take risks with their learning
- Providing the right amount of support at the right time
- Encourage and prompt responses through open-ended questioning
- Giving the least amount of help first to support students’ ownership of the task
- Demonstration of equipment, support with the use of assistive technology, visual representation of teacher instructions
- Providing teaching triage, ie actively moving around the classroom identifying students not engaging or progressing in learning and aiding/prompting the student and/or flagging this to the teacher for further direction
- Helping students in readiness for learning – actively moving around the classroom identifying students not yet ready to learn and transitioning learners into another phase of learning by preparing for learning - Whole, Part, Whole
- Administrative tasks, including (and not limited to) photocopying, processing documents, binding, laminating, etc
- Engaging in professional learning allowing an individual to develop new skills and knowledge that a Learning Enhancement School Officer can bring to their professional work
(Full role description attached).
About you - To be eligible to be considered for this role you will:
- hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement;
- be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment; and
- have a commitment to and understanding of the ethos and traditions of Catholic Education.
Please note applications for this role may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.
Everyone at Brisbane Catholic Education models and fosters a commitment to the safeguarding of children and promotes a culture where student protection is everyone’s responsibility. Successful applicants will complete requisite Working With Children (WWC) pre-employment screening, in accordance with legislation, prior to appointment.
Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.
Closing date: 13 May 2024
