Varsity College, Primary Campus, is currently seeking a Full Time Temporary Coach to join our Inclusion team. This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your teaching career. If this opportunity sounds like it is reflective of your passion and capabilities, we would love to hear from you!

Job details

At Varsity College, our rich and rigorous academic programs position our students to achieve outstanding results, and graduate well prepared for success beyond school.

Your opportunity

As an Inclusion Coach, you will work as part of the school's leadership and improvement agenda to build staff capability and strengthen inclusive teaching and learning practices, ensuring every student can belong, access, participate and succeed. 

This position is ideally suited to a skilled inclusive teacher leader with demonstrated experience in coaching, mentoring or leading pedagogical improvement and with a strong understanding of inclusive education practices and the use of reasonable adjustments and support provisions in mainstream classrooms.

Your role
• Lead, model and support high quality coaching and mentoring cycles with teachers to support pedagogy, curriculum delivery and student outcomes, particularly for diverse learners
• Support whole school and targeted teaching and learning initiatives through evidence informed practice, and professional dialogue
• Work alongside teachers to design, implement and review reasonable adjustments and inclusive strategies that enable students to fully participate in learning alongside their peers
• Promote high expectations for all students by embedding inclusive education principles into curriculum planning, classroom practice and assessment
• Partner with school leaders, Heads of Department and support staff to align coaching work with school improvement priorities and system initiatives
• Use data and multiple sources of evidence to design, monitor and implement impactful interventions, reflect on practice, and strategically inform next steps across classroom, cohort and whole school levels
• Contribute to a safe, respectful and collaborative professional culture that values diversity, wellbeing and continuous learning
• Actively support Education Queensland's commitment to inclusive education by respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of all students and staff

Teaching in Queensland

The department is responsible for the delivery of quality education services to all Queensland students in state schools and recognises teachers and their commitment to teaching through a range of rewards and benefits. To find out more click here.  

Applicants for these positions must possess:

• A relevant teaching qualification. Click here for further information on teaching qualifications.
• Current full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration, as a teacher in Queensland. For more information regarding registration requirements, please Click here.
• In addition to registration, teachers working in Education and Care Services (including State Delivered Kindergarten programs) require an exemption card issued by Blue Card Services. For more information on blue cards and exemption cards, please Click here.

How to apply:

Please note: If you are Permanent Teacher with the Department of Education, you must have your current Principal's endorsement to apply for this position.

• Click the Green 'Apply online' button below
• Enter your personal details
• Attach your current CV including contact details of two professional referees (one of whom is your current supervisor)

*Applicants are encouraged to commence and submit their application as early as possible as the Department of Education reserves the right to reduce the application period and/or remove the job advertisement  early should a suitable applicant be found*

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Suitable Applications will remain on file for 12 months and may be considered for other teaching vacancies in any school location

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• teach-s1-coach-rd (PDF, 265KB)
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