Teacher’s Aide

Teacher’s Aide

**Learning today, inspired for tomorrow **
The Anglican School Googong seeks to promote lifelong learning in a Christian context, to prepare

our students for their future beyond Googong.

At the Anglican School Googong, value is placed on community, relationships, versatility and

student-centred learning. Our purposeful and contemporary school environment promotes an

engaged and connected student experience which facilitates active thinkers and delivers a school

community of inspired contributors.

As an Anglican school in the Canberra-Goulburn Diocese, our mission is for our students, school and

community to be transformed by the love of Jesus. By nurturing each student’s capacity to grow in
knowledge of themselves and God, our hope is that they will become considerate and compassionate

contributors to the wellbeing of the wider community, under the influence of Christian teaching and

experience.

**The Position**

As a Teacher’s Aide at The Anglican School Googong you will be energetic, highly efficient, flexible,
have a love of helping and assisting others and be student centred. The applicant will ideally be a

Christian, actively involved in their church.

and development of the school.

Applicants should demonstrate a clear understanding and affinity with the ethos and philosophy of

the School and will:

- support the Christian faith of the School***
- be efficient and logical
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- show professional integrity
- demonstrate ongoing enthusiasm, initiative and innovation
- have the ability to communicate effectively with staff, parents and students
- demonstrate compassion, approachability and flexibility

Teacher’s Aide

**Specific Duties**

As a Teacher’s Aide you will be expected to carry out the following duties:
**General Requirements**
- Assist teachers to provide a safe, physical, social, cultural and pastoral environment.
- Support students by building a personal rapport and working relationship with them

to develop an understanding of their individual needs and behaviours.
- Support students by building a rapport and relationship with other staff members

to assist with consultation, communication and planning for each student.
- Support students with disabilities including Autism, ADHD, ADD, ODD and learning

difficulties throughout the school day to navigate the classroom environment, specialist
- Support students who have a background in trauma and understand the complications and

complexities of this background.
- Support students to take responsibility for their own learning and behaviour,

providing guidance and explicit teaching of executive functioning skills.
- Guide students in managing classroom expectations, both in terms of academic

performance and behaviour, as determined by the class teacher, diverse learning teachers,
- Provide a change of environment or respite to some students as required, by supervising

rest breaks of different kinds, as directed by the classroom teacher, Diverse Learning
Teachers or Heads of School.
- Accompany students with high needs on outside activities/excursions and camps.
- Carry out student individual and group assessment as directed by Diverse Learning

Teachers or Heads of School.
- Support the provision and implementation of disability adjustments to support student

learning as guided for ILP.
- Assist with the development of differentiated learning resources for students as directed.
- Contribute effectively to a collaborative team to best meet the learning and wellbeing

needs of individual students.
- Provide general support to teachers and children as the need arises.
- Other duties as directed by the Head of School or Principal.

Teacher’s Aide

**Desirable Attributes**
- Student centred focus
- Efficiency
- Technical proficiency
- Systematic, organised and well planned
- Solution focused
- Ability to multi-task
- Flexible

**Desirable Knowledge and Training**
- Certificate 3 or Diploma in Education Support
- First-aid training
- NSW Working with Children Clearance - essential
- Sympathetic to the School’s Anglican ethos