<p>The <strong>full time equivalent annual salary</strong> (School Assistant, Level 2 Step 1) is $75,596 however,<strong> take-home salary and annual leave will both be pro-rated according to the hours and weeks worked. Maximum hours are 32.5 hours per week, 40 weeks per year i.e. this role is required during school term time only.</strong></p> <p><strong>Role Overview</strong></p> <p>Primary Learning Support Assistants at Orana work under the guidance and direction of the Primary Inclusive Education Coordinator. Assistants are allocated to various classes to support the classroom teacher in catering for the needs of students with an identified disability or other additional needs.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Duties</strong></p> <p>As a <strong>Learning Support Assistant</strong> you will:</p> <ul> <li>Provide classroom support to the Classroom Teacher and assist with special needs.</li> <li>Accompany children to the bus (Kindergarten) and providing general mobility assistance as required</li> <li>Physical management e.g. personal care and hygiene of students with special needs if required.</li> <li>Reinforce skills following lessons</li> <li>Reinforce class rules</li> <li>Attend general staff meetings as needed.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Kindergarten Assistants</strong> also:</p> <ul> <li>Prepare for activities such as cooking, domestic work, and artistic as well as outdoor activities and rest times</li> <li>Tidy and clean classrooms and equipment as needed</li> <li>Playground supervision, tidying away of equipment and gardening</li> <li>Attend to asthma and anaphylaxis, safe food handling, child protection training as required by legislation and notified by the Deputy Principal, Primary School.</li> <li>Prepare for festivals (i.e. Winter festival, end of year Christmas festival).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Assistants in Classes 1 – 6</strong> will also:</p> <ul> <li>Set up teaching aids e.g. locating and gathering materials; modifying resources (under teacher direction).&nbsp;</li> <li>Test, assess and observe students as requested by the Inclusive Education Coordinator and/or teachers.&nbsp;</li> <li>Attend student support meetings, participate in professional development activities and/or child studies as needed.&nbsp;</li> <li>Appraise and recommend for purchase appropriate learning support teaching materials in consultation with other members of the Inclusive Education Team.&nbsp;</li> <li>Assist with administrative tasks such as funding applications and data collection as requested.&nbsp;</li> <li>Support in specialist subject areas (under teacher direction).&nbsp;</li> <li>Support in the implementation of teaching strategies listed in the Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)</li> <li>Assist in the implementation of ILPs</li> <li>Observations and feedback to teachers on students to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the ILP</li> <li>Assist in positive behaviour support programs in line with ILP goals.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Applicant Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Minimum Certificate III in Education Support or other relevant qualification&nbsp;</li> <li>First Aid Certificate (desirable)&nbsp;</li> <li>ACT Working with Vulnerable People registration</li> <li>Eligibility to work in Australia, unrestricted.</li> <li>Experience in learning support</li> <li>Ability to work with children with special needs&nbsp;</li> <li>An interest in and willingness to work with the Steiner Childhood philosophy and child development&nbsp;</li> <li>The ability to appropriately role model for students and understand duty of care</li> <li>The ability to work in a professional and collegial manner with colleagues</li> <li>Good communication and conflict resolution skills&nbsp;</li> <li>The ability to work under direction and be flexible, punctual, calm and patient&nbsp;</li> <li>The ability to maintain confidentiality</li> <li>The ability to support professional relationships with the parents</li> <li>The ability to practice an appropriate standard of hygiene and safe food handling and maintain a clean, safe and orderly environment.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we offer</strong></p> <ul> <li>Salary sacrificing&nbsp;</li> <li>Free onsite parking</li> <li>Discounted school fees for eligible employees</li> <li>Our commitment to maintaining a physically and psychosocially safe environment for all staff, students and visitors to the school.</li> <li>We respect and value your right to disconnect outside of work hours for a better work/life balance.</li> <li>Salary and conditions of employment are determined by the <i><strong>Independent Schools ACT (Professional and Operational Staff) Cooperative Multi-Enterprise Agreement 2025.</strong></i></li> </ul> <p>There is a 6-month probationary period.</p> <p><strong>To Apply</strong></p> <p>Please apply directly through SEEK via the ‘Quick Apply’ link. To be considered, your application must include:</p> <ul> <li>Your resume, including full contact details and details of two professional referees, one of which must be your current/most recent direct supervisor; and</li> <li>A statement addressing the <strong>applicant requirements</strong> (max. 2 pages).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Closing Date:&nbsp;</strong>Applications can be submitted up until<strong> 25 August 2025.&nbsp;</strong>The positions will be filled when suitable applicants are found. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.</p> <p>Email address for&nbsp;enquiries:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:<a href='mailto:HR@oranaschool.com?subject=Learning%20Support%20Assistants%20%28K-6%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29'>HR@oranaschool.com</a>?subject=Learning%20Support%20Assistants%20%28K-6%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29" rel="nofollow"><strong></strong></a><strong><a href="mailto:HR@oranaschool.com?subject=Learning%20Support%20Assistants%20%28K-6%29%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29">HR@oranaschool.com</a></strong> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ABOUT OUR SCHOOL</strong></p> <p>Orana Steiner School is a vibrant, growing co-educational Early Childhood to Year 12 school of around 550 students. Set within a natural landscape and on a magnificent 16-hectare property in Weston, an inner south suburb of Canberra, Orana seeks to provide a high-quality education for its students, based on the Steiner Education tradition. In its 40-year history, Orana Steiner School has developed an enviable reputation for its standards and achievements, and its warm, caring culture.&nbsp;Orana proudly employs applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds.</p> <p>In <strong>Primary School</strong>, we value individual difference. We believe in self-responsibility and in the values needed to become connected and contributing citizens. We seek to support our students to be capable of personal endeavour and community involvement. The education we provide develops creative and imaginative thinking and aims to instill in our students a love of learning, a sense of wonder, an appreciation of beauty and a connection to the world.</p> <p>The <strong>High School</strong> teaching program assists students in taking increasing responsibility for their own learning and to develop their own ideals, values and sense of purpose for adult life. The High School encourages students to become independent thinkers; use their own observations, research, and draw conclusions and judgements; form relationships with specialist teachers; address questions and problems in specialist subjects, and to develop a wide range of expertise as well as an active, articulate and well-rounded thinking capacity.&nbsp;</p> <p>The <strong>Senior College</strong> curriculum is comprehensive and carefully designed to balance a Steiner approach with the contemporary requirements stipulated by the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies. This broad, integrated approach to the Senior College curriculum emphasises the development of well-rounded students through equal exposure to Arts and Sciences, together with a range of electives. Orana’s tradition of extensive pastoral care for its students continues into the Senior College.</p> <p><i>Orana Steiner School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of its students in accordance with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and child safety legislation. The successful candidates must hold (or be eligible to obtain and maintain) a Working with Vulnerable People (WwVP) registration and undergo a National Police Check.</i></p> <p>Please visit our website to find out more:&nbsp;<a href="https://oranaschool.com" rel="nofollow">https://oranaschool.com</a>&nbsp;</p>