Villa Maria Catholic Primary School Hunters Hill Commencement Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 Closing Date: Monday, 13 October 2025 Capacity: Full-Time, Permanent Join us in shaping the future of our students! Be part of Villa Maria Catholic Primary School Hunters Hill's dedicated team, shaping the next generation with quality education and unwavering values. Apply now and embrace an exciting journey of teaching and professional growth. About Our School At Villa Maria Catholic Primary School Hunters Hill, we take pride in providing exceptional Catholic education within a nurturing and supportive community. As a valued member of our team, you will have the opportunity to inspire and guide our students toward excellence while thriving in a collaborative and engaging workplace culture. We are celebrated for our vibrant and strong Catholic community, where students are empowered to live, learn, and shine. With a strong focus on learning diversity, we offer children the opportunity to explore their interests and excel. Our social justice programs foster faith formation and our close partnership with parents and the parish allows us to live out the values of faith, hope, courage and generosity in everything we do. Position Highlights Are you a passionate permanent classroom teacher with a desire to mentor and lead others in teaching and learning? Then this role is for you! The Instructional Specialist is an exemplary classroom practitioner and a member of the school senior leadership team. The Instructional Specialist is responsible for leading school wide teaching and learning initiatives, supporting teachers to deliver a high quality reformed curriculum, transforming pedagogical practice and ensuring excellent student outcomes. Additionally, the role is responsible for supporting the implementation of system-wide teaching and learning initiatives, collaborating with network Teaching & Learning Coaches to implement 'SCS Excellence in Action' across Sydney Catholic Schools. The successful applicant will join the school with a focus on providing quality Catholic education, maximising student outcomes by offering a rich, relevant and holistic curriculum that is student centred, flexible and challenging. This full-time role is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 . The Instructional Specialist - Coordinator 3 is a promotional role, temporary for up to 3 years, however, your classroom teaching position (1 FTE) will remain full-time, and permanent. Your promotional role will entail 0.4FTE release time and will be to model classroom practitioner excellence, improve learning outcomes and bring about change in the instruction of teachers K-6. At the conclusion of the 3 year term of contract you will return to your 1.0FTE permanent teaching role at the school. Why Work for Sydney Catholic Schools In joining Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS), you will be part of the largest Catholic education community in NSW, with a unified vision and shared resources, encompassing over 145 schools and over 74,000 students. We enable job mobility across the system, diverse career opportunities and an extensive suite of professional development programs. SCS is renowned for excellence, with six schools in the top 100 and 13 in the top 150 of the 2024 HSC rankings. Over 51% of results were Band 5 or 6, and our students achieved 2,819 Distinguished Achiever mentions. Be part of a system that fosters academic, creative and vocational success, shaping future leaders every step of the way. In addition, we offer: remuneration package valued at up to $140,855. Base salary ranges from $87,550 to $125,763 an additional coordinator allowance on top of your base salary salary packaging of up to $15,900 annually up to 25% discount on school fees for parents of SCS students ongoing training and development opportunities discounts on gym classes and memberships, activewear, healthy meals, and wellbeing products generous Employee Referral Program. About You As a Instructional Specialist , you will ensure every student reaches their full potential through high quality, collaborative and engaging pedagogy. To excel in this role, you will be able to: exhibit exemplary, evidence-based teaching practices, guiding colleagues to plan, implement, and evaluate effective learning and teaching foster collaborative professional practice by modelling outstanding classroom strategies and supporting colleagues to expand their repertoire conduct comprehensive data analyses and trend evaluations to identify growth areas and drive targeted instructional strategies and interventions plan, develop, and lead professional learning programs that meet the evolving needs of staff support the implementation of SCS Excellence in Action across Sydney Catholic Schools actively engage in Network Professional Learning Communities to share effective practices and promote a culture of collaboration across schools promote and uphold the Sydney Catholic Schools mission and core values: empathy, curiosity, excellence, collaboration, and truth design and implement engaging, rigorous, and inclusive learning experiences tailored to diverse K-6 learners demonstrate thorough knowledge of K-6 curriculum development and effective pedagogical approaches use formative and summative assessments to monitor student progress, set challenging learning objectives, and provide constructive feedback support an inclusive Catholic religious and cultural environment that fosters student well-being and holistic growth demonstrate outstanding classroom management skills, prioritising student well-being integrate technology effectively to enrich contemporary learning experiences perform additional duties as directed, contributing to the overall mission and success of the school community demonstrate a willingness to respect, support and uphold the mission, ethos and teachings of the Catholic Church, as well as the values and educational vision of Sydney Catholic Schools. You will have attained: a tertiary qualification in Education minimum 5 years of teaching experience experience in leading staff in professional learning demonstrated success improving student outcomes and implementing school wide initiatives experience in using data analysis to inform educational initiatives an ability to articulate contemporary educational trends in both local and international contexts high order written, oral and presentation skills eligibility according to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Religious Education qualifications or the willingness to achieve them as per Accreditation Policy to Work, Teach, and Lead. Application Process Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the steps to submit your application. To complete the application process, please ensure you attach the following; current CV cover letter three referees, including your current employer/principal (where applicable) your last principal and parish priest. For internal employees, apply via the 'Careers' tile in Employee Self Service. Any offer of employment with Sydney Catholic Schools is subject to screening completed by the Central Office People & Culture Services team. If you encounter technical issues or for any general enquiries please contact the People & Culture Services team on (02) 9568 8 (8am-5pm, Mon-Fri). Statement of Commitment to Child Safety Click here to access SCS' Statement of Commitment to Child Safety and join us in creating a culture of child safety and wellbeing. Working With Children Check (WWCC) This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment. SCS welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and candidates with diverse backgrounds.
