Casual Teachers(7-12)

POSITION: Secondary Classroom Teacher (Casual)

Director of School Administration (DOSA); and
REPORTS TO:
Deputy Principal Curriculum 7-12

DEPARTMENT: Subject Faculty
- KEY RELATIONSHIPS: - Faculty Coordinator / Faculty staff- Students / Parents
- DOTAL
- Office Staff

Covenant Christian School was founded in 1978. It is a non-denominational Christian co-educational day
school, with over 900 students from Prep to Year 12. Covenant works in partnership primarily with
Christian parents to be an extension of the Christian home, where God is honoured and served.

All staff are committed Christians seeking to provide a nurturing and caring environment. Teachers provide
an academically rigorous Christ-centred and biblically grounded school curriculum that engages the world
we live in. Covenant provides a supportive community, where the welfare of students is of great
importance.

Vision: To faithfully serve in God’s plan to restore all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Mission: To assist parents in the nurture of their children, by providing a Christ-centred, biblically
grounded, culturally engaging and academically rigorous education to equip the children to live for God’s
glory.

ROLE STATEMENT
The class teacher is responsible for implementing the vision and mission of the school in the context of the
classroom and other areas of the school in which they work. Teachers are to show godly leadership to the
children, expressing the outworking of their faith not only in the way they relate to students, but with all
the interactions they have in their capacity as classroom teacher especially with staff and parents.

From time-to-time Covenant requires casual class teachers to stand in for regular teachers who may
become unavailable, either at short notice or as part of a planned temporary secondment. This might
involve working irregular days (or hours). As a casual employee you do not need to accept all casual
engagements that the school may offer you.

KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Committed Christian, of a reformed evangelical persuasion
- Suitably qualified for the casual teaching position
- Can develop a culture of learning
- Well-developed classroom practices

ROLE RESPONSIBILITY
The casual teacher is responsible to the faculty coordinator to whom they are assigned by the Director of
School Administration. In some cases they may be responsible to a number of coordinators, and then to
the Deputy Principal Curriculum (7-12) who is responsible to the Principal.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITY
Team member
As a member of a team of teachers and other staff, the teacher is responsible to ensure that they work
cohesively in a team (or teams) of teachers responsible to relevant coordinators in line with the
organizational structure of the School.

Culture of Learning
To develop a culture of faithful use of gifts in student academic performance through the promotion of an
effective climate of quality learning, teaching, academic achievement and collaborative relationships
between teachers, students and parents. The learning taking place ought to be in an environment where
students are valued for who they are rather than what they can do. Teachers ought to actively explore
ways to differentiate the learning experiences (including assessments) in their classroom.

Vision
- to collaborate with the members of the Team in the development and articulation of a shared

Vision, Goals and Strategies for the operation of the Team
- to take up opportunities to develop an understanding of the Faculty Vision for Christian Education

and develop appropriate implementation strategies
- to share the Vision with colleagues in order to collectively strive for a consistency of expectation

of students and teachers across all faculties and areas of the school

Curriculum
In regard to the teaching and learning that occurs within the faculty

are designed to meet the needs of the students and the requirements of the NSW Education
Standards Authority (NESA) and the School
- that the programs, rationales and assessments encourage students to think biblically about the

area of academic studies under their oversight
- to be aware of, and compliant with, all NESA requirements in regard to course specifications,

mandatory hours, assessment tasks, assessment criteria and accurate record keeping and
standards of the School
- to work in collaboration the faculty coordinator to provide students with special needs with

effective access to the curriculum and to ensure those students with particular gifts and talents in
relation to faculty courses are appropriately identified, supported and challenged
- to implement effective practices for the regular monitoring of student progress and academic

standards
- to renew themselves academically by taking on courses, in-service activities and reading
- to monitor and report on the academic progress of each student within the guidelines set out by

the faculty/team leader

Pastoral Care
In working with children in a