Junior Classroom Teacher

Junior Classroom Teacher

St Robert's School

Principal: Miss Rebecca O'Leary (Acting)

Enquiries: principal@srnewtown.catholic.edu.au

Co-Principal:

Applications Close: 27/11/2025

Position: Teaching

Type: Fixed Term

Hours per Week: Full-time

Application for Employment Form St Robert's Primary School-Junior Classroom Position Fixed-Term.pdf

Code-of-Conduct-for-MACS-Staff.pdf

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Role Description/Criteria

St Robert’s Catholic Primary School is a vibrant, faith-filled, and welcoming community committed to the safety, well-being and protection of all children in our care.

The successful applicant will:

• Committed to child safety, to maintaining best practices to ensure this, and to ongoing evaluation of these practices
• Demonstrate alignment with MACS Visions for Instruction and Engagement, using evidence-based practices to maximise student learning.
• Embrace Explicit Direct Instruction and Engagement Norms as the foundation of classroom practice.
• Collaborate effectively within a team, contributing to the shared responsibility for student growth and achievement.
• Be open to coaching, reflective practice, and welcoming feedback to support professional learning and development.
• Collaborate effectively within a team, contributing to shared responsibility for student growth and achievement.

Special Requirements:

• Full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
• Accreditation to teach Religious Education in a Catholic Primary School is desirable.

Success Criteria:

1. Be faith-filled with a strong commitment to the Catholic ethos of the school and to the spiritual, emotional, social, and educational well-being of all students.
2. Have strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the capacity to continue building authentic relationships with students, colleagues, and families and work collaboratively as an active member of a team.
3. Use supportive, consistent, and respectful behaviour management practices that promote a positive learning environment.
4. Display a strong understanding of contemporary learning practices, including explicit direct instruction and responsive teaching, and demonstrate a willingness to work within a low-variance, knowledge-rich curriculum.

Interested applicants are encouraged to send the following documentation to employment@srnewtown.catholic.edu.au

• Short one-page covering letter
• Attach a Curriculum Vitae, including three references, including your last two school principals
• Response to the selection criteria. Please keep responses to two pages
• St Robert’s Application Form

Application Procedure

Please email all application documents, including cover letter, CV, response to success criteria and application form as PDFs to employment@srnewtown.catholic.edu.au

Details:

Address: 13 Nicholas Street
Newtown

Phone: 5221 1075

Website: https://www.srnewtown.catholic.edu.au