St Patrick's Primary School Wallsend is seeking a temporary full-time Primary Teacher to join the team for Terms 3-4, 2024. St Patrick's Primary School, Wallsend is a Catholic community in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle offering families a welcoming and caring environment for their children to learn, grow and achieve academically from Kindergarten to Year 6. St Patrick’s offers high-quality education in a contemporary learning environment that nurtures creativity, critical thinking and innovation, supported by technologies. The school community of St Patrick’s work together to ensure a positive and challenging learning environment that supports the needs of all students and is a true professional learning community at work. POSITION DESCRIPTION Teachers in a Catholic school have a unique role to play and are assigned with the task of ensuring each child has the opportunity to grow both academically and spiritually and to live purposeful lives. Supported by the Catholic community of which they are a vital part, teachers invite students and their families into a faith-filled educational experience Teachers promote the school as a place of learning and excellence where creativity and curiosity are nurtured and students are connected with their world through deep learning and engagement Teachers differentiate learning for students according to their educational needs and abilities and are responsible for the creation of effective assessment practices and quality teaching programs The teacher will promote the school as a place of learning and excellence in accordance with contemporary evidence-based learning and wellbeing principles (including digital learning) and will ensure the ongoing development and implementation of pedagogical practices that impact on student learning outcomes. The teacher will acknowledge and agree to the requirement to work within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.