Primary Teaching Assistant

• Work in a supportive, values-based environment with a skilled and experienced Primary College Team
• Competitive, above Award salary
• Part-Time, Term-Time working hours - enjoy school holidays with your family
• Experience state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities and resources

Eaton College is a special-purpose educational facility for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We are a close-knit education community - on one site in beautiful Mt Louisa, Townsville - we provide a strong educational and social foundation for our students, and provide connection for our community.

Eaton College opened it's doors on July 10, 2023 with 15 students in year levels from Prep to 4. The full capacity of Stage 1 caters for up to 40 students with class sizes at a maximum of 10 students. Over time the College has the capacity to extend up to Year 10, with the addition of 40 students per additional Stage 2 and Stage 3 respectively. The maximum capacity of Eaton College is 120 students, and this is expected to be reached over a 10-year period.

Eaton College provides purpose built facilities and a learning environment to support the sensory needs and routines for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Our mission is to offer excellent opportunities for students to reach their full potential intellectually, physically, spiritually, and socially. We instil our College's core values of Excellence, Persistence, Goodness, Faithfulness, and Generosity in every student.

We have an exciting opportunity for passionate and experienced Primary Teaching Assistant to join our Team on a Permanent, Part-Time (Term-Time only) basis starting in 2026

The role of a Teaching Assistant is to provide support to teaching team and students in the effective delivery of quality education for students with Autism. This role will be for 33.5 hours weekly over 5 days during the school term only.

Core duties:

• Provide quality in-class support of students under the direction of a teacher.
• Assist teachers with the preparation of teaching materials and modification of resources to suit learners needs.
• Provide one-to-one and small group tuition under teacher supervision and direction.

When you join Eaton College, you will be part of our supportive and collaborative College community and have opportunities to grow and develop your career with Calvary Education Group as a Primary Teaching Assistant at Eaton College, you will receive an above-Award salary between $30.42 and $37.51 per hour pending qualifications and experience, and a range of great benefits, including;

• Salary sacrificing options with both RemServ and Flare
• Employee Benefits App and discounted gym membership
• Regular Team celebrations and social events
• Employee Assistance Program

To be successful in this role, you will have a current positive Working with Children Check (Blue Card).

As a Primary Teaching Assistant at Eaton College, you will have:

• Experience in working with students with Autism.
• Patience and a high degree of understanding and compassion.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with students and colleagues, and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with teaching staff in a classroom environment.

Appropriate qualifications and expertise, including a Certificate III in Educational Support or equivalent, and knowledge and experience relevant to the role are desirable.

Eaton College has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.

Applications close 26 October 2025 unless filled prior.