Teacher Aide - Nanango State High School, Education

About the Department: The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.About Nanango State High School:Our School is a medium sized rural school of about 550 students located in the South Burnett approximately 2.5 hours from Brisbane. We pride ourselves on achieving great outcomes for all students across all year levels.Our school focus is 'Every student achieving to their full potential'. The school motto revolves around the concept of 'Accepting the Challenge'. Our school is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) School and works on four key values. These values are Respect, Responsibility, Safety and Effort.Nanango has a proud tradition in both curricula and extra curricula activities. We have great modern facilities that allow students to experience many 'real world' experiences at school.Role:The roles are Monday to Friday - 30hrs (each per week) + 12.5% (8am to 3.15pm) Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.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.Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher.Assisting teaching staff with playground duty.Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students including the delivery of first aid.Assisting with science demonstrations, textile and cooking classes. Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.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 2-page written statement in response to 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. When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace.