Description:
Are you passionate about education and helping students succeed? We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate Teacher Aide to join our team!
About the Department:
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the School:
Situated on the outskirts of Toowoomba, our school is one of the oldest continually-open schools in Queensland. In 1851, a group of local residents requested land to build a school to provide education for the children of the local area. A slab and bark structure was built, with space for two classrooms and basic accommodation for the school master and his family. When the Drayton National School opened its doors on September 6th, 1851, 24 children were enrolled. In 1860, following the declaration of statehood for Queensland, the school became Drayton State School.
From this start, our school has grown to an enrolment of approximately 300 students from Prep to Year 6. Our current classrooms, hall, library and computer rooms are a far cry from those early days. However, we are proud of our history, and our links to surrounding city and country on the Darling Downs.
About the Role:
Responsibilities include:
- Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
- Assisting with the management and stocktaking of equipment and resources.
- Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
- Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student's development.
- Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs.
- Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
- The compiling and supervising of class rolls.
About You:
We are looking for someone who:
- displays respect and empathy for students with high level needs
- will assist in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of the teacher
- can assist in preparing, storing, making available and cleraring away teaching equipments and materials
- can assist teaching staff with playground and other duties
- is able to communicate effectively and displays a high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )