Careers at CSPD

• Permanent Full-Time opportunity commencing 2025

• Supportive, vibrant and active school community. 

Located in Blacktown, St Michael’s is a large four stream co-educational Catholic school committed to providing a comprehensive education from Kindergarten to Year 6. At St Michael’s we aim to live out our vision of being a Catholic community which Reflects, Engages and Empowers - educating the whole child – academically, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.

About the opportunity:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate leader and Primary teacher to work on an ongoing full-time basis to start Term 1, 2025. We are currently seeking a dynamic and energetic teacher with the relevant NESA accreditation. This is a fantastic opportunity to create engaging and creative learning environments in a supportive and fulfilling community.  

The Primary K-6 Teacher will fit the following criteria:

• Understand contemporary pedagogical approaches for primary years learners

• Knowledge on how to structure lessons to meet the physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students. Strong teachers have extensive knowledge of the content and sequence of Key Learning Areas - including Religious Education.

• Creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive and challenging learning environment and implementing fair and equitable behaviour management plans

• Interpreting and using student assessment data to diagnose barriers to learning and to challenge students to improve their performance

• Effectively managing the learning cycle, including planning for learning and assessment, developing learning programs, teaching, assessing, providing feedback on student learning and reporting to parents/carers

• Be open to growth and development through professional learning experiences which include practice analysis conversations, classroom observations and input from instructional coaches.

• Engaging with our school community within and beyond the classroom to enrich the educational context for students

Essential Qualifications and Accreditations:

• Tertiary Qualification in Education (minimum 4-year degree)

• Eligibility according to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

• Baptised Catholic and willingness to complete RE Certificate to gain Religious Education Accreditation 

• Valid Working with Children Check (for employment purposes)

Please respond to the above selection criteria in your cover letter. Candidates are required to include in their resumes the details of three referees including the Parish Priest from your Parish of worship.

Benefits

There are so many great things that CSPD has to offer! As a valued CSPD employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our schools. But that's not all. We offer:

• Competitive remuneration

• Salary packaging 

• Wellbeing initiatives and resources

• Flexible work arrangements for eligible employees 

• Extensive growth and development opportunities 

• Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees

• State-of-the-art facilities 

Interested?

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including a valid Working with Children Check and adoption and compliance with CSPD’s Child Safeguarding Procedures and Code of Conduct When Working With Students and Children. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here. 

Applicants wishing to work in any of  the schools within the Diocese, either as a casual, temporary or full time employee, must be classified with the CSPD.  If you are not already classified, you will need to complete the online registration for teachers process found on the CSPD website.

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.