Teacher - Eald

Posted: 23/05/2025
- Closing Date: 06/06/2025
- Job Type: Permanent - Part Time
- Location: Mayfield
- Job Category: Education, Childcare & Training

San Clemente Catholic College Mayfield is seeking a Permanent Part Time (0.6FTE) Teacher - EALD to join the team from Term 3.

Do you have a passion for empowering students through language? As an** EALD Teacher**, you will play a pivotal role in supporting students as they develop their English language and literacy skills—helping them thrive academically and fully participate in school life. In a Catholic school setting, your role is more than teaching English; it’s about creating opportunities, fostering inclusion, and ensuring equitable educational outcomes for every student.

**This exciting and varied role will see you**:

- **Collaborating with Teams**
- **Driving Student Progress**
- **Mentoring & Monitoring**
- **Creating a Positive Learning Environment**
- **Personalizing Learning**
- **Contributing to a Vision**

This is more than a teaching role—it’s an opportunity to empower students, build confidence, and shape futures through the power of language. If you’re passionate about education, inclusion, and making a difference, this role is for you

San Clemente Catholic College, Mayfield, is devoted to the development of each of their 600 students across years 7-10; transitioning to include Stage 6 from 2026 and prides itself on being a diverse, multicultural school with students and families from a wide range of backgrounds. It seeks to provide many opportunities for our students while recognising that each individual is unique with different talents and strengths.

English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Teachers are employed to ensure identified students are provided with appropriate support to develop their English language and literacy skills to enable them to fully participate in schooling and achieve equitable educational outcomes.

The aims of the EAL/D Teacher role in a Catholic school are to:

- Work within school teams to assist classroom teachers and curriculum leaders to develop and effectively implement responses to support the curriculum learning needs of all EAL/D students.
- Gather, analyse and use the EAL/D Learning Progression in conjunction with the ESL Scales to inform their practice, and plan, create and deliver effective and meaningful English language learning activities according to these documents.
- Mentor, monitor and actively engage in the English language development, academic performance and wellbeing of each EAL/D student.
- Create a positive and engaging learning environment.
- Personalise learning for students according to their language needs and abilities, and create effective EAL/D assessment practices and quality teaching programs.
- Support and participate in the school’s strategic focus for learning and work collaboratively with colleagues across the school.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA**
- Ability to articulate a clear understanding of and a personal commitment to Catholic Education and to ensure a Catholic perspective across the curriculum
- Commitment to inclusive education and understanding of and empathy toward students from non-English speaking and refugee backgrounds
- Experience with current, evidence-based English language learning pedagogy and practice
- Ability to interact and engage with members of the school and wider community (students, staff and parents) with respect for the dignity of others
- Ability to effectively utilise data to optimise educational outcomes
- An ability to teach in a range of modes (Direct, Collaborative or Resource Teaching) in response to the needs of the students

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Qualifications as a four year trained teacher according to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers or the EAL/D Elaborations
- Active NESA Accreditation
- Current paid NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) number
- Completion of anaphylaxis training (or plans to do so)
- Current Senior First Aid Certificate
- Willingness to Comply or Compliance with the CSO Accreditation to Work, Teach and Lead Policy.
- Category B or D - Accreditation to Teach or Accreditation to Teach Religion
- Relevant TESOL qualifications, or a commitment to undertake

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**

Salary is in accordance with New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2023.

**BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US**
- Work in quality schools where students are nurtured, challenged and encouraged to excel and grow
- A corporate fitness program through Fitness Passport (T&C's apply)
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Training and staff development programs
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- Access to long service leave after just five years for eligible employees.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**

**TO APPLY**
- Provide a cover letter along with your resume
- Within your cover letter address each of the selection cr