Careers at CSPD

** Full Time, permanent position, Term 1, 2025

The Instructional Coach (Primary) is accountable for working with teachers to deliver excellent English and Mathematics educational outcomes for students. They are committed to leading and supporting the delivery of high quality personalised learning and teaching embedded in the Catholic worldview. The Instructional Coach, reporting to the school Principal and Head of Learning and Teaching Support, collaborates with other members of the school leadership team to facilitate meaningful and effective working relationships between teachers and CSPD support teams to ensure a cohesive approach to improving student outcomes.

The opportunity

We are seeking a skilled Instructional Coach to be accountable for leading and learning, through collaboration, instructional leadership, supporting evidence-based practice and a commitment to their own learning. This role affirms coaching as a critical vehicle for developing and maintaining the professional capability of teachers, enabling them to maximise their positive impact on student learning outcomes. This position will attract 2 coordinator points. 

We have opportunities available within these schools:

• St Angela’s Primary School, Castle Hill

• St John Vianney's Primary School, Doonside

• Holy Family Primary School, Granville East 

• Bethany Catholic Primary School, Glenmore Park 

• St Canice’s Primary School, Katoomba

• Our Lady of The Nativity Primary School, Lawson 

• Holy Family Primary School, Luddenham

• Mary Immaculate Primary School, Quakers Hill

• St Mary’s Primary School, Rydalmere 

• St Joseph’s Primary School, Schofields 

• Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Seven Hills 

• St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Springwood 

• Santa Sophia Catholic College Primary, The Gables

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School, Wentworthville 

• St Matthews Primary School, Windsor 

• Our Lady of the Angels Primary, Rouse Hill

The Organisation 

The Diocese is a system of 83 schools with over 5000 employees, committed to responding to the needs of students in a world that is changing rapidly. We are always on the lookout for top talent to help us achieve our strategic goal of inspiring the future, through quality catholic schooling and by strengthening the professional lives of our employees.

The 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

• Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees

• State-of-the-art facilities 

The Instructional Coach:

• Co-planning, implementing and evaluating the School Improvement Plans along with the school leadership team

• Collating and analysing school literacy and numeracy data to assist in determining challenging targets and next steps to maximise student outcomes and teacher learning

• Regularly evaluating the impact of their work using an Evaluative Thinking Tool eg. QDA

• Improving the student learning outcomes of English and Mathematics teaching across K-2 by providing in-situ support to teachers (analysing data, observations, modelling, co-planning, co-teaching, co-assessing,and coaching

• Ensuring the use of explicit teaching and research-based practices in Literacy and Numeracy through the NSW English and Mathematics Syllabuses supported by an approved phonics based program

• Participating in Literacy and Numeracy blocks as a co-teacher in K-2 to build teacher capacity through co-teaching and modelling

• Engaging actively in regular system professional learning designed to support system goals

• Collaborating with the Literacy, Numeracy or Stage coordinator(s) to design whole school professional learning in literacy and numeracy.

The Qualifications:

• Accredited tertiary qualification in education or degree in a specific discipline with a graduate degree in teaching 

• Demonstrated success in improving student learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy

• Capacity to work with other professionals to improve practice

• Working with Children Check

• Australian resident or citizen

Interested?

Apply today!

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join a diverse organisation committed to transforming lives through faith-based education, click on the APPLY button.

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Police Check, retention of a valid Working with Children Check. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here.

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those 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.