- POSITION: Secondary Visual Arts Teacher (7-12)
- REPORTS TO: Head of Creative Arts
- DEPARTMENT: Creative Arts
- KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
- Faculty Staff and Coordinator, TAS Department, Head of Extension & Enrichment, Learning Support
- Director of Teaching and Learning (DoTaL)
- School Administration Staff
- Parents and Community

- CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full Time or Part Time
- COMMENCING: Term 1 2027

Covenant Christian School is a distinctly and explicitly Christian Prep to Year 12 co-educational day school with over 800 students, located in Belrose on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Working in partnership with parents, our passionate and highly qualified teaching staff deliver the curriculum from the understanding that all of life must be centred on God and his plan to restore all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. With a focus on the nurture and discipleship of our students, Covenant seeks to meet the individual learning needs of each student and support their well‑being and development from an academic, social, emotional and spiritual perspective.

Vision

To faithfully serve in God’s plan to restore all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Mission

To assist parents in the nurture of their children, by providing a Christ-centred, biblically grounded, culturally engaging and academically rigorous education to equip the children to live for Jesus Christ’s glory.

ROLE STATEMENT

To develop and deliver quality 7-12 Visual Arts curriculum content to students, ensuring all curriculum, teaching programs and assessment procedures are compliant with NESA requirements and school pedagogical perspectives,



from a Christian perspective and in an age-appropriate manner that encourages students to think biblically and allow them to be challenged academically to develop and use their gifts wisely. Experience teaching TAS subjects, particularly Food Technology and/or Textiles, would be highly regarded.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Instruction and Curriculum

- Deliver quality teaching to students, ensuring compliance with NESA requirements and school pedagogical perspectives, in a climate of learning that fosters academic achievement and actively explores ways to differentiate learning experiences and assessment in the classroom.
- Competent practitioner across a range of expressive forms, including, but not limited topainting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics.
- Ability to plan and implement course delivery across 7-12 Visual Arts including the new NESA syllabi.

Assessment

- Implement effective practices to monitor student progress and academic standards within the guidelines set by the school, providing constructive feedback.
- Ensure all administrative deadlines are met (eg, student reports) informing your Faculty Coordinator of any variances; providing appropriate work for students when absent from school.
- Support students in developing bodies of work, portfolios and exhibition practices.

Student Support





- Work in collaboration with Learning Support and Extension and Enrichment staff to provide relevant students with the appropriate additional support they require, and communicate effectively with parents and guardians regarding student progress, where appropriate in accordance with school policies and procedures.
- Report any concerns regarding the wellbeing of students to your Coordinator.
- Implement a child safe culture that promotes positive student wellbeing and implements the school’s discipline and welfare programs, having a genuine care and interest in each student’s welfare inside and outside the classroom.
- Implement effective practices to monitor student progress and academic standards within the guidelines of the school.
- Communicate directly with class parents when and where appropriate, managing any parent concerns in accordance with school policies and procedures.

Classroom Management

- Establish and maintain a positive classroom culture that fosters explicit student behavioural learning and discipline expectations aligned to the school’s Student Code of Conduct.
- Use technology, where appropriate, to improve teaching and learning processes.

Professional Development

- In consultation with your faculty Coordinator, participate in Professional Learning activities (including during PD Week and Conference Week events) to enhance your teaching practice through a framework of feedback and continued professional growth. Ensure you maintain a proper work/life balance to support your own wellbeing.

School Community

- Work cohesively with staff, being subject to relevant Coordinators in line with th

📌 Secondary Visual Arts Teacher (Sydney)
🏢 Covenant
📍 Sydney