Teacher Aide

About Shailer Park State High School

At Shailer Park, we offer superior opportunities in academics, sports, the arts, and leadership, empowering students to excel in every aspect of their education. Guided by our 4R values, Respectful, Resourceful, Reflective, Resilient, we foster a culture of high expectations and personal growth, where every student can reach their full potential.

Our vision of Excellence in Learning and Life is enacted through strong partnerships between students, staff, parents, and the community. Together, we create an environment where students thrive academically, socially, and personally, preparing them to make their mark in the world.

About the Role

A significant part of this role involves administrative tasks. Familiarity with OneSchool and ID Attend is highly regarded, and experience with TrackEd would be an added advantage.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
Assisting with the management and stocktaking of equipment and resources.
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.
The compiling and supervising of class rolls.
Clerical assistance duties including typing teachers' notes and work programs, duplicating and photocopying teaching materials, checking bus lists, collation and duplication of exam papers, recording of examination results, compiling students' results records, assisting in organising off site activities etc.
Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher.
Assisting in preparing, storing, making available and clearing away teaching equipment and materials.
Assisting teaching staff with playground and bus supervision.
Collecting money from students for various school activities as required.
Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students including the delivery of first aid. Where the teacher aide is required to administer first aid, the teacher aide would be required to be formally trained in the administration of first aid, and keep such qualifications current. All costs associated with obtaining and maintaining qualifications would be met from school funds.
Assist students with special needs, this may in certain circumstances extend to moving disabled pupils, assisting with positioning, assisting with meals, toileting and dressing of pupils unable to care for themselves. Suitable training is essential.
Listening to students' reading.
Reading aloud and storytelling.
Assisting with science demonstrations, têxtile and cooking classes; e.g. collation of food lists, purchasing, preparation and storage of materials.
Laundering linens.
Care of equipment.
Assisting students to find reference materials.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).

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. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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