Teacher Aide

**About us**:
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to ensuring Queenslanders have the education and skills they need to contribute to the economic and social development of Queensland. The department delivers world class education services for people at every stage of their personal and professional development. We are also committed to ensuring our education systems are aligned to the state's employment, skills and economic priorities. DoE is a diverse organisation with the largest workforce in the state. We are committed to teaching and learning environments that have at their centre child/student and staff health and safety.

**Your role**:
As the Teacher Aide, Educational Interpreter, Auslan you will have responsibility for the following:

- Interpret everything that is said in and outside the classroom environment and assist with the communicative needs of deaf or hearing impaired students using Australian Sign Language (Auslan) according to the specific needs of the deaf or hearing impaired student.
- Orally interpret when a deaf or hearing impaired student uses sign language to address the class; when working in a small group and when communicating with another individual student or the teacher.
- Assist in the deaf or hearing impaired student's understanding of the education program through teacher directed tutoring to ensure that the education program is understood. This may include checking for understanding, working on difficult vocabulary and clarifying homework directions.
- Prepare for interpreting by pre-reading appropriate materials such as lesson notes.
- Provide classroom and school level support to enable the learning environment to be inclusive and relevant, with the health and safety of students a high priority.
- Provide support to class teachers and teachers of the deaf during classroom activities through the preparation of teacher designed materials for deaf or hearing impaired students.
- Assist the deaf or hearing impaired student to develop confidence, independence and a sense of well being, through a variety of approaches across educational and social settings.
- Maintain effective communication between students and teachers at all times.

**Mandatory requirements**:

- Applicants for this position must be willing to undertake appropriate training/proficiency testing in the production of Auslan as determined by the department or hold current National Accreditation Authority for translators and interpreters Ltd (NAATI) accreditation.
- When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

**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).
- Attach a maximum 2 page response to the following questions:

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- Describe your Auslan journey so far and your understanding of the language and the Deaf Community?
- Apart from sign language ability, what other experiences or interests do you believe you could bring to the role?
- What do you see as the difference and similarities in community interpreting educational interpreting in schools?
- Describe your experiences in working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Please note, there will be a skills test in both language directions (Auslan - English and English - Auslan) before we progress to shortlisting for interview, where required.
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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.