This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2025
Bannister Creek Primary School (BCPS) is an Independent public school, situated in Lynwood. Our culturally rich community school caters for approximately 610 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 speaking 51 different home languages. In a beautifully planned environment that focuses on providing sustainable opportunities including a school gardening club with vegetable gardens, and an outdoor classroom on site as well as Moort Boodja - a 6 Seasons Garden, our students are nurtured to be autonomous learners who care for themselves, each other, and our environment. We have 23 classrooms including 6 purpose-built Early Childhood Education (ECE) rooms, as well as a contemporary library resource centre, specialist art and music rooms and a fully enclosed undercover area.
Find out more about our school by visiting www.bannistercreek.wa.edu.au or Schools Online
The Role
BCPS is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Art Specialist Teacher to join our Specialist Team. Integrating Visual Arts with Chinese Languages and Performing Arts the teacher should have exceptional interpersonal skills and a natural ability to cultivate positive relationships with parents and carers, students, colleagues, and the community through opportunities to showcase student visual and performance arts to a wider audience.
The successful applicant should enjoy working in a busy multicultural school which is an integral part of the local community. BCPS is working to engage and reflect its rich, diverse community through a broad range of communication strategies, an active School Board, P&C, Baldja Waangkiny, an Aboriginal Parent Liaison Group, and a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Parent Group.
To be successful in this role you will ideally possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, well developed data literacy, an attention to detail and the capacity to work collaboratively and efficiently in a team environment. We strive to create a positive, happy, and rewarding school experience for all students and staff.
The Teacher should contribute towards educational leadership in the school and community. Through the engagement and development of students, and the implementation of evidence-based programs, they will ideally display excellence in teaching and learning, embedding the Quality Teaching Strategy and Teaching for Impact into the Arts Program. Working in a collaborative environment, they will ideally have experience in mentoring and supporting other Teachers through classroom observations, which target low variability across classes and progress data-driven decision making. Our whole school teaching and learning programs ensure consistency through the years and give our students opportunities to be taught at their level and point of need, using gap analysis data to provide scaffolded interventions and differentiated learning.
A key component of the role is targeting the school Business Plan (here) and the school priorities through deprivatised practice and low variability. A sound knowledge of the Western Australian Curriculum and whole school literacy and numeracy programs are highly desirable, as well as the ability to participate in collaborative data analysis, classroom observations and feedback, and professional learning teams. BCPS Teachers are integral to the planning and operational aspects of the committees within the school and to the shared building of capacity of all team members.
BCPS is focused on high performance and high care through a school improvement agenda based around student wellbeing, student engagement and student inclusion. Teachers work closely with the Student Services team and the Student Wellbeing and Behaviour Education committee. The Teacher will have a strong behaviour management toolbox and Classroom Management Strategies (CMS) training and a deep understanding of tiered approaches. Well-developed knowledge and experience in the Elastik platform, the Quality Teaching Strategy, Teaching for Impact, the Aboriginal Cultural Standards Framework, and the English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EALD) Progress Maps would be advantageous.
Professional Benefits
Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions. Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personal benefits.
Want to know more?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Susan Archdall, Principal by telephoning (08) 9257 4600 or emailing susan.archdall@education.wa.edu.au
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- hold an eligible teacher qualification and registration.
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- apply for a WA Working with Children Check before you start; and
- consent to and obtain a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit.
Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online.
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
- Complete the online application, including details of two (2) work-related referees, with one preferably being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A statement of up to four (4) pages, demonstrating your Professional Knowledge, Professional Practice, and Professional Engagement aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the context of the position and school.
- A CV of up to four (4) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before you start your application.
For tips on writing your best teaching job application and more information about working for the Department of Education, go to the Department’s Careers Page or see our applicant resource attached.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/TCH930386
Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Monday, 11 November 2024
