PRIMARY TEACHER Required In Carinya Christian School, Australia

Carinya Christian School was founded in May 1984 by the Tamworth Christian Education Association and is an independent school with over 800 students. It is one of the only Schools in Tamworth & Gunnedah NSW where pre-school, primary school and high school aged girls and boys can attend the same campus. This structure creates a unique opportunity for staff, parents, careers and students to “take the journey together, from start to finish”; from their first day of school to their graduation.

OUR APPROACH

• The essential elements of the educational process; the home, the learner, the curriculum and the
• teacher are interpreted in a framework based on an understanding of the person and authority of
• Jesus Christ.
• Our Christ-centred approach to teachers encompasses 3 key values:
• Teachers must not only treat children as individuals because they are made by Jesus in His image, but
• must believe that to be true about the child and about themself.
• Teachers must not only teach children that everything they learn about in the curriculum has come
• from the mind and hand of Jesus, but they must also believe that to be true.
• Teachers must not only respond to a child’s learning in a way that points them to Jesus as the source of
• all their opportunities and abilities, but must also believe that to be true.

OUR BENEFITS

• Teachers at Carinya are employed under the Independent Schools NSW Standards Model Carinya
• Christian School Agreement. This agreement provides entitlements which are above the industry
• average and enables career progression based upon professional development rather than years of
• service.
• Professional development is a priority for the school and two non-teaching weeks are set aside each
• year during student vacation for all staff to collectively participate in Curriculum and Professional
• Development. Carinya Term Dates do not match NSW Public Schools and can be viewed via the
• school website.