Physical Education Teacher

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Physical Education Teacher will plan and deliver engaging, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for primary-aged students. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will strengthen the PE program and foster a positive school culture that promotes movement, participation, and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a love of movement: Deliver engaging PE lessons that develop fundamental movement skills, physical literacy, coordination, and enjoyment of physical activity
• Develop confident learners: Challenge students appropriately, celebrate progress, and encourage every child to participate and achieve their personal best
• Promote wellbeing and positive values: Foster lifelong healthy habits, teamwork, resilience, respect, and sportsmanship
• Create an inclusive environment: Build respectful relationships and ensure every student feels safe, valued, and supported to participate and succeed
• Strengthen our PE program: Contribute to a coherent, sequenced, and evidence-informed curriculum that supports student growth across the primary years
• Enrich school life: Support sporting events, athletics carnivals, interschool sport, and whole-school wellbeing initiatives
• Collaborate and reflect: Work with colleagues, use assessment and feedback to inform teaching, and engage in ongoing professional learning
• Uphold our Catholic identity: Model the values of dignity, inclusion, compassion, and service, supporting the development of the whole child

Requirements

• Knowledge of physical literacy, fundamental movement skills, and effective, developmentally appropriate teaching practices
• Ability to deliver purposeful, engaging lessons with high expectations for learning, participation, and behaviour
• Commitment to inclusive practice and motivating students with diverse interests, abilities, and needs
• Initiative, creativity, and a collaborative approach to professional learning and continuous improvement
• Commitment to the Catholic ethos, values, and mission of St Marianne Cope Catholic Primary School
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Primary Education
• Current registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working with colleagues, students, and families
• Commitment to child safety and wellbeing

Nice to have:

• Experience in teaching Physical Education at the primary school level

Important Details

• Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (0.8 FTE), with the possibility of a full-time position