Burns Beach Primary School (PS) are seeking to establish a pool of Kindergarten to Year 6 (K-6) Teachers for permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2026 school year and up to the end of Term 1, 2027. Appointments may be offered at any time for vacancies that commence during this period. Burns Beach PS is situated in the beautiful beachside suburb of Burns Beach and opened its doors to students from Kindergarten to Year 6 in 2022. At Burns Beach PS, each and every student is known by all staff and feels strongly connected to their peers, their teachers, and the school environment. Students are at the heart of everything as the schools’ aim is to make a difference in the learning and lives of all their students. Staff at Burns Beach PS share the school’s vision of “Inspiring Heads, Hearts and Hands - supporting students’ academic achievement, nurturing their social and emotional development and ensuring a connection to the local community and the wider world. Find out more about our school by visiting burnsbeachps.wa.edu.au or Schools Online The Role We are looking for exceptional Kindergarten to Year 6 educators who ideally display outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and are committed to supporting their students to achieve excellent educational outcomes. These skills see you establish positive and respectful relationships with your students and their families, your colleagues, and the broader school community as we build and grow our unique, inclusive, and high-performing school. In the context of a new school and a growing school population, suitable applicants will ideally display professional flexibility and the ability to anticipate and adapt to changing circumstances as they arise. In this role, you will ideally create a positive, inclusive, and connected learning environment where all students have a strong sense of belonging. Your teaching and learning should be engaging, authentic and relevant, and centred on the needs of your students. Suitable applicants will ideally possess the following personal attributes: self-reflective. have a desire to see all students succeed. have a sense of humour In addition to these personal attributes, suitable applicants will preferably have the knowledge and skills to contribute to the establishment of an exceptional teaching and learning environment at Burns Beach PS. Within this learning environment you will ideally: be safe, welcoming, and inclusive. engage, challenge, and inspire all students. incorporate technology to support and further promote learning. be focussed on the notion that every child can succeed. be innovative and promote student curiosity and creativity. accommodate and support individual student needs, including high-achieving students, by differentiating teaching and learning. provide timely and specific feedback to students, and their parents, regarding their academic and social and emotional learning. seek, and act on, student voice. Suitable applicants will ideally promote, model, and maintain high expectations and adhere to whole school approaches that are evidence based and supported by research, including Talk for Writing, Sounds~Write and The Resilience Project. You should participate in Instructional Coaching where you will would collaboratively with your colleagues to examine the impact of your teaching and make decisions about instruction together based on data and focussed on student improvement. Educators at Burns Beach PS adopt high impact teaching strategies and use ongoing formative assessment to provide feedback to students, measure their progress, and plan differentiated learning programs to address individual student needs with a focus on progress and improvement. The ability to utilise and integrate a variety of information and technology tools and platforms to support and further student learning and possessing the knowledge and skills to integrate STEM within your classroom practice is highly desirable. Our whole school, evidence-based approaches ensure that every student acquires the core literacy and numeracy skills, as well as the knowledge, understanding and attitudes to become confident 21st century learners. Our school supports our students to develop a depth of learning appropriate to students’ phase of development, in all learning areas of the Western Australian Curriculum, along with the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities. Teachers within our ECE phase of learning should promote the principles of the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards. They will ideally recognise that children need opportunities to interact and build trusting relationships. Programs include planned, purposeful play, balanced with the explicit teaching of essential foundation skills and concepts. We implement Sounds-Write as our whole school structured synthetic phonics program. Suitable applicants will ideally demonstrate a strong understanding of the importance of implementing a structured synthetic phonics program with fidelity. The ability to establish genuine, positive, and caring relationships with our students is paramount. Our pastoral care whole school approaches ensure each student is engaged, belongs, and feels connected to our school. Knowledge, understanding and experience in implementing Classroom Management Strategies (CMS), Instructional Strategies for Engagement (ISE), Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), The Zones of Regulation and Protective Behaviours is highly desirable. We work as a team to support our students to successfully develop their dispositions for learning such as curiosity, openness, optimism, resilience, concentration and, critical and creative thinking. At Burns Beach PS we learn from, and relate respectfully with, people from our own culture as well as other cultures. All staff and students are supported to understand, acknowledge, and celebrate the diversity and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. Suitable applicants should be committed to reflective classroom teaching practices and actively participate in a school-wide, self-reflective culture of professional growth focussed on improving classroom teaching. All educators will ideally take a personal and collective responsibility for improving student learning and wellbeing and should work together and learn from each other’s practices, utilising strategies such as peer observations and walkthroughs. Burns Beach PS educators participate in whole school, phase of learning and curriculum teams to contribute to whole school approaches to teaching and learning. Professional Benefits Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions. Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personal benefits . Want to know more? For more information about this opportunity, please contact Trudy Burke, Principal,on (08) 9233 6850 or by emailing trudy.burke@education.wa.edu.au Equity and Diversity We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details. Eligibility To work with us, you must: hold an eligible teacher qualification and registration . be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment. More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website . apply for a WA Working with Children Check before you start; and consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start. Application Instructions All applications must be submitted online. Step 1: Select Apply for Job Complete the online application, including details of two (2) work-related referees, with one (1) preferably being your current line manager. Step 2: Attach your documents Your application should include: A statement of up to two (2)pages, demonstrating your Professional Knowledge and Professional Practice aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the context of the position and school. A CV of up to one (1)page outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position. It is recommended you have your attachments ready before you start your application. For tips on writing your best teaching job application and more information about working for the Department of Education, go to the Department’s Careers Page or see our applicant resource attached. Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted. For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance. Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/TCH989603 The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process. Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Thursday, 28 August 2025.
