<p><strong>Full-time 12-month Fixed Term (possibility of ongoing)</strong></p> <p>Catherine McAuley College Bendigo is excited to launch an expanded Sports Development Program in 2026, extending our successful Football and Netball streams to now include Basketball for students in Years 7–9.</p> <p>We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and skilled teacher to lead and deliver our new Basketball Development stream. This is a teaching position requiring current VIT registration, with a focus on both coaching excellence and student development.</p> <p><strong>About the Sports Development Program (SDP)</strong></p> <p>The CMCB Sports Development Program is designed to extend students’ technical skills, game knowledge, and personal development within their chosen sport. The program aims to:</p> <ul> <li>Develop sport-specific skills in a structured, high‑quality learning environment</li> <li>Promote leadership, teamwork, resilience, and personal responsibility</li> <li>Foster pathways for students to continue their development through Years 7–9</li> <li>Encourage service, community engagement, and participation in the broader sporting community</li> </ul> <p>The program is timetabled as part of the school day and runs for the full school year.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>We are seeking a passionate teacher to deliver the new Basketball Development Program at Catherine McAuley College in 2026. The successful applicant will work with Years 7–9 students and collaborate with existing SDP staff in Football and Netball.</p> <ul> <li>Deliver high‑quality coaching sessions aligned with program goals</li> <li>Develop players’ technical, tactical, physical, and personal development</li> <li>Support trial and selection processes for program applicants</li> <li>Provide ongoing feedback, guidance, and encouragement to students</li> <li>Model and promote program values: teamwork, leadership, community, and service</li> <li>Contribute to the growth and identity of the new basketball stream</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What We’re Looking For</strong></p> <ul> <li>Current VIT Registration (mandatory)</li> <li>Recognised teaching qualifications</li> <li>Extensive basketball experience, including:&nbsp; <ul> <li>High-level or elite playing experience</li> <li>Demonstrated basketball coaching experience at school, club, representative, or higher levels</li> </ul></li> <li>Strong understanding of youth athlete development and wellbeing&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to engage, motivate, and support young people</li> <li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills&nbsp;</li> <li>Commitment to the values of Catherine McAuley College and Catholic Education</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About Catherine McAuley College Bendigo</strong></p> <p>Catherine McAuley College Bendigo is a co-educational year 7 to 12 Catholic secondary school and a member of the vibrant network of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mercy.edu.au/" rel="nofollow">Mercy Education Limited,</a>&nbsp;schools around Australia, Catherine McAuley College staff benefit from a professional environment, which has been cultivated over the 150 years of the school’s heritage.</p> <p>The Mercy values of compassion, courage, respect, justice, service and hospitality guide our way and our touchstone statement supports these values: ‘<strong>inspiring members of our community to be learners impelled to thrive and serve</strong>’.&nbsp;</p> <p>The College is situated across two campuses: St Mary’s Campus, Barkly Street Bendigo (Years 10-12) and Coolock Campus, McIvor Hwy, Junortoun (Years 7 – 9).&nbsp; The current enrolment is approximately 1500 students with a significant growth forecast and plans well underway for further exciting future developments.</p> <p>The College is a reGEN school committed to promoting and adopting an integrated curriculum approach to sustainable living including respecting, conserving, and renewing our global environment.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are dedicated to developing students who are critical and creative thinkers, with the skills to be self-motivated in the pursuit of knowledge. Our students are empowered to see themselves as positive agents of change, who are called to participate actively and ethically in society as young men and women of Mercy.</p> <p>To explore what happens in our learning areas across both campuses, please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cmc.vic.edu.au/vt-coolock/" rel="nofollow">website</a>, take a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cmc.vic.edu.au/vt-coolock/" rel="nofollow">virtual tour</a> or look through&nbsp;<a href="https://openhouse.cmc.vic.edu.au/" rel="nofollow">Open House</a> which also includes further 3D tours .</p>