Teacher Aide | Senior Moreton Bay Campus

Y Schools Queensland Senior Moreton Bay Campus are recruiting a Teacher Aide on Permanent Full-Time basis to join our team based in Mango Hill

As Teacher Aide with the Y, you will be working within the Teaching, Learning and Inclusion Teams assisting and supporting teachers, students and parents with learning activities and administrative duties in a supportive school environment.

What will my time look like?

• Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs and confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families
• Supervision of small groups of students, undertaking specific learning activities designed by a teacher, when the teacher is not in the room but is available to be called on if needed
• Work successfully in a small team and within the school’s philosophy and ethos to establish productive partnerships and achieve educational outcomes
• Adhere to all policies and procedures relating to safeguarding children and young people and the Safeguarding code of conduct
• Conducting reading groups, maths groups and other activities, including the gathering of applicable resources, in cooperation with teachers and consistent with curriculum, syllabi and relevant educational policies, procedures and frameworks

Am I a good match?

• Currently hold a Cert IV in Education Support or Equivalent Experience
• Supporting the delivery of literacy and numeracy intervention to be implemented throughout the school
• Supporting the delivery of differentiated teaching, learning and assessment plans offered to students
• Supporting the preparation of resources aligned with the Literacy and Numeracy Intervention program
• Assisting with data collection and collation to assess student progress in Literacy and Numeracy
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificates, or willingness to obtain them

• Positive Notice Blue Card, or willingness to obtain

What’s in it for you?

• Join a supportive, inclusive and passionate team in an organisation making a difference.
• We invest in multi-disciplinary teams and work well together to support the students and each other, while working differently and thinking beyond traditional methods.
• Increased non-term time for our teaching team and more student free days in comparison to standard school environments.
• Reduced classroom contact hours compared to traditional schools and all meetings held in school hours.
• Non-term time for all school roles!

Here’s what on offer

• Enjoy up to $15,900 per year to be salary packaged tax-free for everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 per year for entertainment benefits, as part of a non-for-profit organisation
• Free YMCA gym membership which includes our fitness classes
• Employee Benefits Program
• Discounts for all Y OSHC Services and Day Care Facilities
• Discounted banking, loan rates and private health insurance

More about the role and Y Schools!

At Y Schools Queensland we have a vision where our young people leave school empowered to be independent, courageous and resilient to achieve lifelong wellbeing. 

Our mission is that Y Schools Queensland is where hope meets possibility, where everyone is seen, heard, and belongs. Our agile and responsive approach to education gives students not just knowledge, it empowers students to overcome challenges and embrace life-changing opportunities. At Y Schools Queensland, wellbeing is personal, pathways are unique, and every step leads toward a brighter future!

Central to realising this vision is our Thrive Model, a signature strength of our schools that guides everything we do.  Embedded in connection, care and capability, it shapes our approach to wellbeing, learning and belonging.

We are an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We all belong at the Y!

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all children and young people to feel safe and be safe. As a Child Safe organisation, all of our candidates who don’t have an exemption, must have or obtain a working with children check. 

To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy: https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources

Applicants are advised that it is an offence for a person disqualified or suspended from holding a blue card to commence or continue in regulated, child-related employment.