Key Skills

Job Description

Position No: 2027-0767-TCH-C-1-41 Applications Close: 18/11/2026 11:30 PM Position Descriptor Yorketown Area School is a vibrant Reception to Year 12 site located on the beautiful Yorke Peninsula, around 220km from Adelaide. Surrounded by stunning coastlines, national parks, and welcoming country towns, it's a lifestyle location offering the best of nature, community, and opportunity. We are a school on a clear improvement journey, underpinned by our purpose to provide responsive and inclusive education that equips every learner to thrive. Our work is grounded in our values of Respect, Resilience, Curiosity, and Courage, and guided by principles of Personal Excellence, Collective Responsibility, Developing Lifelong Dispositions, and Creating Opportunities. As a school, we are activating our vision through a focus on curiosity, brought to life through high-quality responsive teaching, authentic learning, task design, and evidencing and assessing. We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Junior Primary Teacher to join our team. The successful applicant will create a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for our youngest learners, with a strong focus on literacy, numeracy, and play-based learning that builds curiosity and confidence. They will be a relational educator who works collaboratively with colleagues, families and the wider community, contributing to whole-school improvement while nurturing the foundations for lifelong learning. Being an Area School there may be times when teachers are required to teach outside of their year levels or subject areas. Apply today by submitting your resume and answering the below questions in an application response: Provide an example of when you have actively created working relationships that have resulted in you connecting with your colleagues, sharing practices, and learning from one another to support your learners to thrive. Explain a time where you have empowered your learners, giving them agency to shape a learning experience. What was the outcome? Describe a time where evaluation of your teaching has led to a change in your teaching practice? Please note that part time and flexible arrangements will be considered. Site: Yorketown Area School Local Partnership: Southern Yorke Tenure: 21/01/2027 to 18/07/2027 Fraction of time: 1.0 Subject: Junior Primary to Year 2 Conditions: $84,971 - $123,236 per annum FTE / Teacher Conditions School Website: http://www.yorketownareaschool.sa.edu.au Eligibility and Application Instructions We value a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences and encourage all suitable applicants to apply. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Core Responsibilities

Create a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment for Year 1 and Year 2 students, with an emphasis on literacy, numeracy, and play-based learning. Collaborate with colleagues, families, and the community to support learners and contribute to whole-school improvement; teaching outside the assigned year level or subject area may sometimes be required.

Requirements

The posting seeks a passionate and enthusiastic Junior Primary Teacher who can nurture curiosity, confidence, and the foundations for lifelong learning. Applicants should be able to work collaboratively and provide responsive, inclusive teaching; no specific qualifications or years of experience are stated.