Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Teacher - New Lambton

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Teacher - New Lambton

St Therese's Primary School - New Lambton (see more jobs from this school)

NEW LAMBTON, NSW

Indigenous Education

Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Part Time (0.80 FTE)

Applications Close: 15 November 2025

St Therese's Primary School, New Lambton is seeking a Permanent Part Time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Teacher to join January 2026

St Therese's Primary School, New Lambton is seeking a Permanent Part Time (0.8FTE) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Teacher to join the team January 2026.

St Therese’s Primary School is a unique school community offering students a quality education from Kindergarten to Year 6.

At St Therese’s students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning while offering a community that is supportive of the creative, unique and individual talents of every student.

Working with parents and the wider community to provide a holistic education, St Therese’s provides a number of enrichment opportunities for students to extend their learning experiences and enable them to reach their full potential.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education Teacher is to focus on support for students and school communities in the areas of curriculum, culture, spirituality, learning and wellbeing. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education Teacher shares responsibility with all staff for the Catholic identity and mission of the school. Promoting the intent of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle’s Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect, liaising with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives within the school will be essential to the realisation of these objectives.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education Teacher will be specifically involved with the formation and implementation of Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, which are targeted at improving educational outcomes and supporting educational pathways, both within and beyond the school setting.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education Teacher is responsible to the school Principal and liaises closely with classroom teachers, curriculum teams, wellbeing teams, ministry teams and Learning Support teams. At the discretion of the Principal, duties may be varied according to the needs of the school.

The teacher will promote the school as a place of learning and excellence in accordance with contemporary evidence-based learning and wellbeing principles (including digital learning) and will ensure the ongoing development and implementation of pedagogical practices that impact on student learning outcomes. The teacher will acknowledge and agree to the requirement to work within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

St Therese's Primary School - New Lambton (see more jobs from this school)

NEW LAMBTON, NSW

http://newlambton.catholic.edu.au

Affiliation: Catholic

Teaching Level: Primary

Gender: Coed

553 Students

38 Teaching Staff

17 Non-Teaching Staff