Are you a dedicated and passionate Teacher looking for a rewarding opportunity?Katanning Senior High School (SHS) are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Career Practitioner Teacher to join their school.About the roleAs our Career Practitioner, you will have strong communication skills and be able to liaise with and share information easily with students, staff, parents, training providers, employers, and industry. You will develop career education and career learning programs as required, source and provide high quality, accurate, unbiased, and current career pathway and labour market information and encourage individual pathway planning across Years 7 to 12.Our Career Practitioner should ensure the consistent delivery of our career planning resources from Year 7 – 12 and ensure every student benefits from Individual Pathway Planning. The ideal candidate should proactively seek out new and emerging opportunities for our students and work in collaboration with other staff at our College to ensure every student is on a path to a successful future.You will also be responsible for coordinating a range of incursions and excursions as part of the Year 9 Career Taster Program.Our schoolKatanning SHS is a unique and distinctive secondary school located in the heart of the Great Southern region of WA. Students have the opportunity to engage in a challenging and comprehensive educational program within a caring and nurturing school. Student’s academic and social needs are met within a school that values Respect, Achievement, Perseverance and Tolerance. We are in the second year of the Fogarty Edvance School Improvement Program, and have significantly invested in improving the instructional capacity of teachers through professional development in Explicit Direct Instruction, that forms the basis of our Whole School Instructional Model. Through these initiatives staff at Katanning Senior High School are developing their capacity in reflective practice, data driven decision making and high impact teaching strategies.The location and communityKatanning SHS’s community is culturally diverse. We celebrate and respect individual difference and work in harmony to ensure success for all students. Students from language backgrounds other than English are provided additional support to develop their English language skills and successfully engage in their learning programs.Professional BenefitsWorking for Katanning Senior High School attracts a range of attractive benefits including:
- Attractive Country Teaching Program Allowance of $8 020.00 a year
- Attraction and Retention Incentive of $7,000 (see info below)
- Permanency for Fixed Term employees who have worked continuously at a CTP school for 2 years
- 11 percent employer contributions to superannuation
- 12 weeks’ vacation leave (school holidays)
- More than 20 days of other leave, including sick and carers’ leave
- Subsidised accommodation where applicable
- Free relocation
- Subsidised Housing
- Professional knowledge;
- Professional practice; and
- Professional engagement.
- A four (4) page statement addressing the domains that govern the
- The contact details for two (2) work related referees who can attest to the claims made in your written application, preferably one being your current line manager.
- provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy;
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit prior to commencement of employment
- obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check;
- meet the Department of Education
- complete the Department’s training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment and every three years thereafter;
- complete the Department’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural awareness online course within 3 months of commencement; and
- complete any training specific to this role required by Departmental policy.