Careers at CSPD

Lead Instructional Coach K-6

3 point paid allowance with a balance of teaching, coaching and release.

Commencing January, 2025 or earlier if available

This is a new role based on growth of the school

The College Community 

The School 

Established in 2017 with just 86 students spanning Kindergarten to Year 6, St Luke’s at Marsden Park has a reputation for being a pioneering educational community within Catholic Schools, Parramatta Diocese (CSPD). As a ‘next generation Catholic Learning Community,’ we are at the forefront of creating the ‘new normal’ for learning from preschool through post-school. Our environment is defined by a flexible curriculum that nurtures faith-filled, curious children, empowering them to become creative contributors and innovative problem solvers in an ever-changing world.

By 2024, St Luke’s has experienced remarkable growth, now enrolling over 1,800 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. In addition, our long day centre accommodates 59 children daily, and our specialised high-needs centre, Arrunga, supports 40 students with moderate intellectual disabilities. The school is broken into three interconnected schools each with its own identity and purpose, but with a connection to the St Luke’s College Community. The learning pathway is documented in the below image: 

This learning pathway seamlessly connects the Schools of Learning—Foundations, Leadership, and Entrepreneurs—through a curriculum initially rooted in literacy and numeracy building towards independence and autonomy. By explicitly teaching inquiry, alongside essential social and enterprise skills, we prepare students for a rapidly changing world. These critical skills are embodied in our core pillars: witnessing in the way of Christ, managing self, relating to others, inquiring, thinking, and creating. Throughout their journey at St Luke’s, students also experience ongoing faith formation, which is intricately woven into every aspect of their education.

Overview:

The Lead Instructional Coach will oversee a team of instructional leaders and ensure the continuity and progression of learning across K-6 and the transition into secondary school. This role will bridge learning across stages and will involve coordination with pedagogy coaches to align literacy, numeracy, EALD inquiry learning, wellbeing and the St Luke’s 6 Pillars of Learning, creating a seamless experience for students. 

Reporting to the Heads of School K-4 and 5-8, and ultimately directed by the principal, the successful applicant will ensure best practices in quality teaching and learning, inquiry-based learning, and team teaching are consistent and effective, across all stages, facilitating smooth transitions between each stage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of instructional leaders (K-6), ensuring alignment of teaching, learning and wellbeing practices, inquiry learning, and the implementation of high-yield literacy and numeracy strategies.

• Ensure a cohesive learning experience from kindergarten through the transition into secondary school, aligning pedagogy, inquiry-based learning, and assessment practices across stages.

• Work closely with instructional coaches to implement a unified approach to inquiry learning and team teaching strategies, ensuring professional learning is relevant and impactful.

• Lead the development and integration of inquiry learning methodologies, fostering curiosity, problem-solving, and independent thinking across all learning areas.

• Promote and support the use of team teaching to enhance collaborative planning, co-teaching, and reflective practices across teaching teams.

•  Ensure the instructional leaders promote evidence-based practices, co-plan with teaching teams and leaders and provide constructive feedback to enhance learning outcomes.

• Use data from internal and external assessments to guide instructional decisions and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching strategies and learning models.

• Plan and lead professional development initiatives that target specific needs in teaching practices and mentor leaders and teachers across all stages.

• Lead workshops for staff, parents, and students to support the school’s educational mission, and develop instructional materials such as videos.

• Actively coaches instructional leaders around their practice and tracks the impact of coaching on student learning 

• Work with senior leadership to refine and implement policies that ensure quality learning growth and support student transitions.

• Other duties as required by the Principal Leader.

Role Requirements:

• Leads instructional change, including the integration of inquiry learning, team teaching, and managing transitions across stages.

• Develops and applies deep knowledge of instructional strategies, literacy and numeracy development, inquiry learning methodologies, and student wellbeing.

• Upholds the mission of Catholic education and the ethos of St Luke’s Catholic College.

• Builds effective partnerships with teachers, parents, and other stakeholders through strong communication skills, and coaches and mentors educators to enhance teaching practices.

Please note

Due to the fact that we live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, the nature, priorities and placement of this role, in consultation with the person serving in the role, may change over time.

Further note

As a guide, the successful applicant could be expected to uphold the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at either the Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher level. Most specifically, in the areas of:

• Know students and how they learn.

• Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning. 

• Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning. 

• Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community.

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.  

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