(Kindergarten to Year 6, Current enrolment 135) Holy Cross Primary School is seeking a permanent fulltime Religious Education Coordinator to join the team in Term 1, 2022. Holy Cross Primary School, Glendale offers students the highest quality education within the context of a caring Catholic community. Catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 6, Holy Cross enrolments draw from the areas of Glendale, Cameron Park, Speers Point, Edgeworth, West Wallsend, Argenton, Cardiff, Macquarie Hills, Toronto, Fletcher and Barnsley. The school community strives to cater for the goals and aspirations of all students and welcomes the input of its students, parents and friends, and values the connections shared with the school’s parish and broader community. In the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle Religious Education Co-ordinators (RECs) are recognised and acknowledged as Religious Leaders for the school community. They are senior members of the school executive team and are tasked with the role of supporting the Principal in promoting and affirming the Catholic culture, identity and mission of the school. RECs are practising Catholics who are committed to the life of their Eucharistic community and have an understanding of their Baptismal call to share and witness the Good News of Jesus Christ with students, parents and staff. RECs represent the school and the teaching profession in the community, especially the parish. They are professional, ethical and respected individuals within and outside the school. It is expected the REC will work in partnership with the Principal and Parish Priest in providing religious leadership for the school and wider community. REC’s are an active member of the school executive team in the strategic planning and implementation of improvement initiatives of the school. <p> 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. 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 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, preventing those in our care from suffering abuse or neglect. The Diocese is committed to being compliant with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, retain a valid NSW Working with Children Check and ensure compliance with our safeguarding policies, the Diocesan Safeguarding Commitment Statement and the Codes of Conduct. </p> <h3>Essential Criteria:</h3> <p> • Must be a practising Catholic who is committed to the life of their Eucharistic community <br>• Demonstrate an implicit and relevant and personal understanding of the philosophy and theology of Catholic Education, the mission of the Church through Catholic schools and be able to articulate this clearly to others <br>• Demonstrate a high-level knowledge and understanding of the relevant Religious Education Frameworks and the Diocesan (K-6) RE Syllabus <br>• Demonstrate capacity to ensure staff incorporate key understandings and appropriate methodologies in the teaching of Religious Education (RE) which will lead to students knowing the core teachings of the Catholic faith and how these are lived in the world today <br>• Proven capacity to support improvement in student learning through the facilitation of the Diocesan strategy, Leading Learning Collaborative <br>• Proven capacity to use Sharratt's 14 parameters to identify areas of school improvement, advocate and systematically plan for the facilitation of professional learning and formation of staff <br>• Demonstrate exemplary values and attitudes appropriate to professional practice <br>• Proven capacity to build links between the school and its broader parish community in ways that foster the Mission of the Church <br>• Demonstrate capacity to promote faith formation within the community <br>• Proven ability to provide rich experiences in prayer, reflection and liturgy <br>• Demonstrate capacity to work collaboratively as a member of the school’s leadership team. <br>• Compliance with the Accreditation to Work Teach and Lead policy and will need to achieve accreditation at Category E – Accreditation for Senior Leadership. (within a time -frame specified at time of appointment) The applicant must provide evidence of the following: <br>• Qualifications as a four year trained teacher; <br>• Current NESA Accreditation; <br>• Current Paid Working with Children Check (WWCC) number; <br>• Completion of Anaphylaxis training. </p> <h3>Desirable Criteria:</h3> <p> </p> <h3>Renumeration:</h3> <p> Salary is in accordance with New South Wales &amp; Australian Capital Territory Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2020. The position of REC at this school currently attracts an allowance of $16,756.00 p.a. (2 point position). </p> <h3>Additional Info:</h3> <p> To apply: • Please provide a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the selection criteria along with your resume. This should be emailed as a single PDF to debra.hawthorne@mn.catholic.edu.au The PDF should be saved as your firstnamelastname and should arrive by email NO LATER THAN 3.30pm. • Applicants should nominate at least two (2) referees including, one of whom must be their current principal. • If you are applying as a Graduate Teacher, please provide contact details for your most recent Supervising Teacher and principal. If you are not currently working in a school, please provide your previous supervisor/principal. • Please ensure you provide out of hours contact details for your referees also, not providing these details can delay the recruitment process. • Preferred applicants will be asked to participate in orientation processes, including a formation conversation, following the interview, to introduce them to the local Parish context and the culture of the Catholic school. • Please note, not adequately addressing the selection criteria will result in your application not being shortlisted. • Applications close: Monday 4 October 2021 at 3.30pm </p> <a href="https://www.mn.catholic.edu.au/employment/positions-vacant/job/11516/" target="_blank">More Information</a>