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Teacher Librarian / eLearn Teacher
Teacher Librarian / eLearn Teacher
Commencement Date: By Negotiation
Employment Type: Full Time Permanent
Salary Range: $75,470 to $108,695 FTE Gross per annum
Closing Date for Applications: 29 June 2022
St Francis Xavier's School, Manunda
St Francis Xavier is a co-educational school located in central Cairns, approximately 10 minutes from the city centre.
Set in the inner-city suburb of Manunda, our community gathers from all parts of the Cairns area. Described as a happy and community minded school, St Francis Xavier’s works with parents to educate their children in a holistic and Christian way.
Providing a distinctive ‘Catholic Education’ with a real-life and inclusive approach to Religious Education and Spiritual Formation, St Francis Xavier’s strives to live out its motto – To Know, Love and Serve God and each other.
With a commitment to educational excellence, the school facilitates student learning through the employment of effective teaching and learning practices with the use of technologies which engage and motivate enquiring minds. Curriculum is increasingly delivered digitally through the use of Interactive Whiteboards and other technological tools.
About the Role
The teacher librarian / eLearn teacher has a complex, dynamic and challenging role in the school learning community. As a significant leader of learning in the school, personnel employed in this role must actively seek to maintain fluency with curriculum initiatives, emerging information and learning technologies, and inquiry based models of learning.
A teacher librarian needs to be committed to enriching and responding to the learning and teaching needs across the school. A successful teacher librarian is an enabler, collaborating with and supporting teachers to incorporate information literacy, literature, print and digital resources in curriculum delivery.
The changing nature of the learning and teaching landscape in schools in a connected world has brought with it increased:-
- Demand for multimodal access to a wide range of literature and information resources.
- Need for guidance and support in the effective use and integration of these resources within curriculum that enables students to access a learning culture and resources that reflect the possibilities of innovative 21st century learning environments.
Work Requirements
- Be registered or eligible to be register with Queensland College of Teachers
- Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education
- The ability to comply with the Chief Health Officer’s COVID 19 vaccination directive
- Minimum 5 years classroom teaching experience
- Qualifications in librarianship (desirable)
What we offer
- Competitive Salary range: per annum pending experience
- Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
- Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary
- Access to additional Employer Superannuation Contributions
- Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
- 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
- Professional development and Early Career Teacher Support
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description 
Teacher Librarian & eLearn Teacher PosD SFX.pdf
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
