Teacher Aide at Cooktown State School supports teachers and students by preparing learning materials, assisting with classroom and education activities, and providing literacy, numeracy and individual student support.

The role also contributes to student wellbeing, health and safety, supervision and school administration, requiring reliability, teamwork, confidentiality and the ability to support students with diverse and high-level needs. This position is being offered in a Temporary Part-Time capacity (0.71FTE), 54 hours per fortnight.

Job details

About us:

Our school has a proud tradition of providing high-quality education in a safe, supportive, and respectful environment. We value strong partnerships between students, staff, parents, and the wider community, recognising that together we create the best opportunities for success.

At Cooktown State School, we embrace diversity and believe that every child brings unique strengths, talents, and perspectives. Our dedicated staff work hard to deliver engaging, challenging, and future-focused learning experiences that prepare our students to be confident, capable, and caring citizens.

Your opportunity:

As the Teacher Aide (Generic), you will contribute to the provision of a quality educational service by assisting and supporting teachers with the preparation and enhancement of learning materials and associated activities.

Responsibilities inlcude but are not limited to:

• 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.
• Clerical assistance duties including typing teachers' notes and work programs, duplicating and photocopying teaching materials, checking bus lists, collation and duplication of exam papers, recording of examination results, compiling students' results records, assisting in organising off site activities etc.
• Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher.
• Assisting in preparing, storing, making available and clearing away teaching equipment and materials.
• Assisting teaching staff with playground and bus supervision.
• Collecting money from students for various school activities as required.
• Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students including the delivery of first aid. Where the teacher aide is required to administer first aid, the teacher aide would be required to be formally trained in the administration of first aid, and keep such qualifications current. All costs associated with obtaining and maintaining qualifications would be met from school funds.
• Assist students with special needs, this may in certain circumstances extend to moving disabled pupils, assisting with positioning, assisting with meals, toileting and dressing of pupils unable to care for themselves. Suitable training is essential.

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 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in 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.

Contact Name: Vanessa Balcomb, Head of Special Education Services (07) 4082 0222
Closing Date: Sunday, 20 September 2026

Further information

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

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  FNR700108_26T Role Description (PDF, 303KB)
  Role Description