TEMPORARY TEACHER - POONINDIE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTRE - UPPER PRIMARY
Position No: 2027-0351-TCH-B-0-4
Applications Close: 13/09/2026 11:30 PM
Poonindie Community Learning Centre is a welcoming, community-focused school located in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. We're committed to innovation, inclusion, and the pursuit of high expectations. Our values shape everything we do — from classroom practice to community engagement.
When you work with the Department for Education, you join a community of more than 30,000 remarkable people — each one driven to help students unlock their potential. We work with shared purpose and welcome your unique perspective, because it's the diversity of thought and experience that makes us strong.
We're looking for a passionate and capable Upper Primary teacher to join our team from 2027.
Why choose us?
- Feel a deep sense of belonging, purpose, and pride in the work you do
- Strong peer support and a welcoming, tight-knit community
- Country teaching incentives, subsidies and allowances, including relocation assistance
- Enjoy faster career development with broader roles and varied responsibilities
- Gain hands-on experience that builds leadership capability early
- Benefit from continuous professional development and mentoring
- Work in a system that values innovation, inclusivity, and lifelong learning
- Experience better balance and more breathing room in your everyday life
- Get involved in your local community through sport, events, and shared experiences
Whether you're looking to deepen your practice, take the next step in your career or be part of a community that truly values its people — this could be the right fit for you.
What you'll need:
- Relevant teaching qualification and registration with the Teachers Registration of Board of South Australia - https://trb.sa.edu.au/Registering-to-Teach
- Demonstrated ability to create a positive and inclusive classroom environment
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with students, families and colleagues
Ready to bring your brilliance to Poonindie Community Learning Centre?
Apply today by submitting your resume and answering the below questions in an application response:
- Provide an example of when you have actively created working relationships that have resulted in you connecting with your colleagues, sharing practices, and learning from one another to support your learners to thrive.
- Explain a time where you have empowered your learners, giving them agency to shape a learning experience. What was the outcome?
- Describe a time where evaluation of your teaching has led to a change in your teaching practice?
Eligible permanent metropolitan teachers can apply for this temporary vacancy if they:
- are a permanent metropolitan teacher
- are not in their first year of permanency
- are not currently undergoing performance management
See Applying for Permanent and Temporary Teaching Positions guide for eligibility and further information.
Please note that part time and flexible arrangements will be considered.
- Site: Poonindie Community Learning Centre
- Local Partnership: Port Lincoln
- Tenure: 22/01/2027 to 27/01/2028
- Fraction of time: 1.0
- Subject: Primary to Year 6
- Conditions: $84,971 - $123,236 per annum FTE / Teacher Conditions
- School Website: http://www.poonindieps.sa.edu.au
Eligibility and Application Instructions: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/docs/p-and-c/recruitment/eligibility_permanent_metro.pdf
We value a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences and encourage all suitable applicants to apply. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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