Our purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.
About The BUSY School…
The BUSY School is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, and allied health services.
The BUSY School is an independent Special Assistance School with 9 campuses across Cairns, Brisbane, and Gold Coast/Coolangatta, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.
Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.
Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.
About the position...
Due to increasing student enrolments, The BUSY School is seeking to expand our team of committed teachers at our newest campus in Strathpine (opened in July 2024). These teaching roles work directly with young people and provide you with the opportunity to positively impact our students' future outcomes. The BUSY School caters for years 11 and 12 students exclusively, with small class sizes and wraparound care for the students. With 9 campuses across Queensland, staff can seek transfers to various locations all while maintaining the BUSY way. With a commencement date of January 2025, we are seeking Math Teacher applications for teaching positions at the Strathpine campus.
Benefits of becoming a BUSY School teacher?
- The positions have come about due to the rapid expansion of the Strathpine Campus.
- Small class sizes that allow teachers to create genuine working relationships with each student.
- 4 days of classroom learning per week allows teachers to master the preparation and delivery of lessons.
- 1 day of non-student classroom learning that provides time for preparation, parent communication, professional learning and/or marking to be completed.
- Professional development opportunities throughout the year
- Opportunities to relocate within the BUSY School campus locations, which are growing every year!
- The reward of supporting our BUSY students to realise their dreams of vocational work placement, vocational qualifications, a traineeship, or on to post-school study.
- Become part of The BUSY Group, accessing employee benefits, wellbeing programs, and the chance to work across the BUSY group in various roles.
BUSY Benefits:
- Paid Parental Leave program
- 13 weeks long service leave
- 12.5% superannuation
- NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card!
- Training and Professional development commitment
- Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave, Retail Discounts, and access to Fitness Passport
About you...
- A relevant teaching qualification
- Hold full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration as a Teacher in Queensland
- Ability to work within the curriculum of secondary education
Next steps...
This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.
The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.
The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
