Teacher – Early Learning Centre, childhood cirriculum

NT Christian Schools - Marrara Christian College Early Learning Centre

Applications Close: 1 Jan 2025

Commencement Date: 2 Sep 2024

Description

Introduction

NT Christian Schools is a Christian organisation. It exists to advance the Christian religion through the provision of education and religious instruction. Accordingly, in furtherance of the religious ethos of NT Christian Schools all staff will be required to deliver or contribute to religious education, to lead or otherwise assist in the conduct of religious services and otherwise engage in religious practices and observances (including, but not limited to, leading prayers or devotions and sharing testimonies), either with fellow staff or students. As representatives of NT Christian Schools, it is a genuine occupational qualification of such roles that applicants hold and act consistently with the religious beliefs of NT Christian Schools, including as articulated in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools.

NT Christian Schools exists to provide a thoroughly Christian education and to give effective witness to the biblically based religious beliefs of the Company. As such, holding the religious beliefs of NT Christian Schools as articulated in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools is a genuine occupational qualification of this role.

You are expected to have a clear understanding of, and unqualified commitment to the biblical basis, including as articulated in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools, and to act both in the work place and in other contexts in ways that are consistent with those beliefs, in order to provide an authentic Christian witness.

This role required the Teacher to practice, deliver and contribute to religious education in a manner that is consistent with the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools and to model a life consistent with those beliefs. As such, this role requires the highest commitment to the Lord, the Bible and to schooling from a distinctively Christian perspective, consistent with the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools.

This will be evident in supporting the teaching of the Australian curriculum from a biblical worldview, participating in and leading staff devotions and leading student devotions and prayer time and through the sharing of your personal testimony. In addition, staff offer a reflection of their own growing relationship with Christ, which is itself affirmed by living a life consistent with the teaching of the word of God. Accordingly, the modelling of an authentic Christian life is a core requirement of the position, reflecting the foundational contribution the position makes to the maintenance of the religious ethos of the school.

With a mutual commitment to God through Jesus Christ, staff members ought to serve and love one another as Christ loves them. This also means an acknowledgement that all people are fallible and need to be entirely reliant upon God. NT Christian Schools has expectations of mutual love, service, trust, acceptance, patience, forgiveness and support.

All employees for NT Christian Schools are to be committed to ensuring child safety, health and wellbeing practices are followed and upheld.  These practices are embedded in NT Christian Schools policy and culture as guided under current legislation.

General Expectations

Early Learning Centres – The Early Learning Centres at NT Christian Schools offer Christian pre-school and kindergarten education within Long Day Care hours for children three to five years old. Our play-based and instructional literacy programs across multiple boutique locations with amazing staff and teachers offer a unique space for children to thrive and learn.

There are three Early Learning Centres operating as part of NT Christian Schools: on our Marrara school campus, Kingdom Kids ELC on our Palmerston school campus, and ELC on our Sattler school campus. Each of these ELCs shares the vision of NT Christian Schools – to be Christian communities, learning together to live as God intended, offering hope for the world. In pursuit of this goal, we are dedicated to delivering an interactive, genuine, and enjoyable learning environment for each child under their supervision, rooted in a Christian perspective.

Your work for the organisation involves serving and supporting those people for whom we exist, namely students and their parents, in order to provide an effective witness to the Christian beliefs articulated in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools.  This is the core function for all people employed by NT Christian Schools.  Each is expected to work as a member of a team serving and supporting each other in the various tasks to which God has called them.  Each team member is expected to contribute positively to the maintenance of a Christ-centred pleasant, purposeful, productive and safe workplace.

These responsibilities and duties are underpinned by expectations of generosity, openness, teamwork, effectiveness, efficiency, attention to detail, pleasant working relationships and maintenance of an effective, Christ-centred and safe work environment.

Primary role

Teachers are to assist the principal to build and maintain a healthy strength-based learning community within the Early Learning Center. The teacher is responsible, in the context of the school, to enter into a partnership with parents to offer students the nurture and opportunities that will allow them to discover and reach their full potential within an intentionally designed ‘learning space’.

Within this community, it is a core requirement of this role that you model Christian principles by example, at all times acting in a manner consistent with the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools, in order to provide an effective witness to the beliefs of NT Christian Schools. This role requires the teacher to teach religious education consistent with the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist with ongoing administration requirements including documenting children’s learning.
  • Deliver an educational and developmental program for 3-5-year old’s within a supportive team.
  • Preparing teaching programs that have a biblical perspective, can meet various needs of unique students and produce significant educational outcomes, in line with the College scope.
  • Maintain a high level of expanding competence in pedagogy that is current, schools based, teaching practices and classroom management and behavioural support skills.
  • Completes record keeping related to classroom performance for the purpose of report creation, continued assessment development, and mandatory government reports.
  • Work as a collaborative learner, committed to flexible teams pursuing excellence.
  • Experience in, or willingness to learn, using technology including computers, online platforms and data management software.
  • Maintenance of proficient accreditation/registration as a teacher; and compliance with the requirements of the APST.
  • Ensure the teaching adheres to all policy statements and regulation with National Quality Framework and any other applicable legislation.
  • The duties in addition to teaching, include activities associated with administration, review, development and delivery of educational programs and co-curricular activities.
  • Undertake duties required to support the centre such as fill in for educators, support the director, complete outside yard duties and more.
  • Additional duties as assigned.

Selection criteria

Essential:

  • A committed Christian actively involved in your local church.
  • Prove an ability to effectively model Christian values as expressed in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools and to give an authentic witness to those values.
  • Demonstrate or be willing to develop, the ability to draw upon the beliefs articulated in the Policies and Procedures of NT Christian Schools to prepare an environment and culture of biblical perspective enhancing significant outcomes for students.
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills, written and verbal, as a relational, empowering educator; supporting work with students, staff, parents and the broader community.
  • Be pastorally committed to the creating an environment of care for nurturing students.
  • Establish your abilities according to the requirements of the job as listed above.
  • Hold appropriate experience and tertiary qualifications relevant to the position.
  • An educational professional with growing knowledge of your learning area, pedagogy and innovation.
  • A willingness to learn, grow, accept coaching and feedback in pursuing excellence.

Further Requirements:

  • Must hold a valid Working with Children (Ochre) Card.
  • Must have a valid NT police check within the last 12 months, or invoice of order for one.
  • Must hold a current NT Teachers Registration
  • Must hold a current NT Driver’s License

To apply for this job please visit jobs.ntchristianschools.com.au.

For enquiries please contact Human Resources on 89204355 or [email protected]

To apply for this job please visit jobs.ntchristianschools.com.au.

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