Position Title

• Stage 3 Primary Teacher
• Permanent Full-Time
• Commencing Term 1

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated educator looking to make a real impact? At Santa Sophia Catholic College in Box Hill, NSW, we offer more than just a fulfilling teaching career — we provide exciting opportunities to extend your professional practice and earn additional income.

One of the unique features of working at Santa Sophia is the opportunity for paid overtime through our Curriculum-Related Masterclasses Program. These after-school sessions are delivered to students in Years 2–6 who attend Ambrose Early Learning and Care onsite. Teachers are invited to run engaging, curriculum-aligned masterclasses, allowing you to share your expertise in creative and meaningful ways.

These sessions are generously remunerated at a very worthwhile hourly rate, recognising the value of your time, effort and professional skill. Come and be part of a dynamic K–12 learning community that supports innovation, professional growth and a true work-life balance.

Apply now to join a College that is reimagining education, where your contributions are valued — both in and beyond the classroom.

Job Summary

The Stage 3 Primary Teacher will fit the following criteria:

• Strong knowledge of Inquiry Based Learning (Investigations) and Play-Based Pedagogy.
• 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.
• Understand the fundamental concepts, structure and enquiry processes relevant to programs they develop and teach. They understand what constitutes effective, developmentally appropriate strategies in their learning and teaching programs and use this knowledge to make the content meaningful to students.
• Able to create and maintain safe, inclusive and challenging learning environments and implement fair and equitable behaviour management plans. Strong teachers will evaluate all aspects of their teaching practice to ensure they are meeting the learning needs of their students. interpret and use student assessment data to diagnose barriers to learning and to challenge students to improve their performance.
• They operate effectively at all stages of the teaching and learning cycle, including planning for learning and assessment, developing learning programs, teaching, assessing, providing feedback on student learning and reporting to parents/carers.
• They value opportunities to engage with their school communities within and beyond the classroom to enrich the educational context for students and work to promote the links between school, home and community in the social and intellectual development of their students.

Please note:

Candidates are required to address the above selection criteria (no more than two pages) and include in their resumes the details of two professional referees.

If you are currently employed by Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese, please submit your application via our internal Careers Site on EmployeeConnect. We are excited to support you in the next step of your career.

Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta is a modern working environment that requires the agility of staff to respond to a changing educational context and the needs of our communities. CSPD may amend the duties and responsibilities of staff in accordance with changing circumstances and business needs.

Child Safeguarding Statement

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 CSPDs 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.