Secondary Religious

**Job no**: 505053

**Work type**: ongoing full-time

**Location**: Bede Polding College - South Windsor

**Categories**: Teaching

**About the opportunity**:
Bede Polding College is seeking a **Religion & Mathematics Secondary Teacher** to join their collaborative team on a Permanent Full-time basis.

**About Us**:
For over 30 years, Bede Polding College has strived to build a dynamic, harmonious Catholic learning community, and we have learnt our reputation as a well-respected provider of quality secondary education in the Hawkesbury. Bede Polding College is a Catholic co-educational school for students from Year 7 to Year 12, providing contemporary, student-centred education in a nurturing environment.

**Your duties will include but are not limited to**:

- Have a thorough knowledge of the Religious Education curriculum
- The ability to critically select each of these appropriate to each student's stage of development and challenges students to be witnesses of faith by providing them appropriate activities in formation
- Teachers of Religious Education plan for and implement effective learning and teaching by negotiating with students to develop individual, explicit, challenging and achievable learning goals
- Designing conceptually coherent learning programmes using research evidence and appropriate teaching strategies
- Analyses and evaluates a student's learning by using a range of strategies for providing feedback in relation to the student's current and future learning
- Teachers of Religious Education are foremost a Witness to Faith
- Committed to the continual improvement of their teaching practice by using professional teaching standards and key educational and Church documents to evaluate regularly their professional knowledge, practice and engagement
- The Religious Education teacher takes opportunities for personal professional learning and regular formation for mission
- The Mathematics teacher
- Use diagnostic data, summative data and formative data, including observations, annotations and work samples, to inform ‘next steps’ for students;
- Demonstrate understanding of curriculum and pedagogy and how these underpin:

- Inquiry-based learning
- Creativity and critical thinking;
- Responses to complex real-world questions and authentic problems;
- The interview process may take place prior to the closing date of 22nd March 2024

**Qualification & Experience**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Education
- NESA Accreditation
- Statements of Service
- Working with Children Check clearance (essential)
- Exceptional communication skills

Please indicate your teaching areas in the Cover Letter.

**Interested?**

Applicants wishing to work in any of the schools within the Diocese, either as a casual, temporary or full-time employee, must be classified with the CSPD. If you are not already classified, you will need to complete the online registration for teachers process found on the CSPD website.

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join a diverse organisation committed to transforming lives through faith-based education, click on the APPLY button.

**Advertised**: 01 Mar 2024 16:03 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 22 Mar 2024 15:03 AUS Eastern Daylight Time