Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Full Time

Applications Close: 1 November 2026

Chevalier College seeks a qualified Science Teacher, with Physics and/or Chemistry highly regarded, for a permanent full time position commencing January 2027. Join a future facing Catholic school in the Southern Highlands that values academic excellence, innovation, wellbeing, and the MSC tradition of heart-centred education. Attractive salary and professional growth opportunities apply.

Teacher of Science

The ability to teach Physics or Chemistry is desirable but not essential.

Chevalier College seeks applications for this full-time permanent role commencing January 2027.

The College

Chevalier College’s rich 80-year history is shaped by the MSC values of kindness, compassion, inclusivity, and hospitality. In its current iteration, Chevalier College is continuing to grow as a future facing community of heart-centred learners, whilst nurturing the individual uniqueness of each student. As a learner-focused contemporary learning community, Chevalier College enables students to be collaborative thinkers who activate purposeful, meaningful and positive change in a rapidly changing world.

Why teach at Chev?

The College’s future facing approach to education encompasses initiatives such as early commencement of HSC courses, scheduled Wellbeing lessons, and a flexible Monday timetable.

For teachers, our approach means:

- maintaining our commitment to academic excellence
- above industry standard salaries
- provision for choice in professional learning
- access to contemporary learning spaces including a Virtual Reality Laboratory.





Perhaps you’relooking for a tree change. Why don’t you come and join us?

Teacher Role Requirements

- Recognised teacher education qualifications and NESA accreditation to teach in NSW schools
- Ability and qualifications to teachthe NESA Science curriculum, to Stages 4, 5 and 6.

At Chevalier College, teachers strategically work in teams to collaboratively plan, prepare, teach, assess and evaluate student learning. As such, the Teacher of Science will be required to:

- support and assist the mission of Catholic education in the way of Jules Chevalier and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC)
- see themselves as learners and be committed to ongoing professional learning
- work collaboratively with other teachers to design learning experiences where students exercise choice to demonstrate knowledge and understanding
- nurture the growth of executive functioning skills of planning, organisation and goal setting
- teach and assess capabilities such as learner agency, critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration for each student
- use summative data and formative data, including observations, annotations and work samples, to inform ‘next steps’ for key learning outcomes




- demonstrate deep understanding of curriculum which informs subject disciplinary knowledge
- use digital technology as an enabler and accelerator for student and teacher learning
- regularly provide students with feedback as part of the teaching and learning cycle
- be open to growth and development through professional learning experiences which include classroom observations, practice analysis conversations and input from Leaders of Learning, and,
- know and apply New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) guidelines.

Other Information

- This role is a permanent, full-time 1 FTE position.
- An extracurricular commitment of 12-14 Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and 10-12 Saturdays in a summer or winter season.
- Salary and conditions will be as per the NSW Catholic Independent Schools (Teachers – Model B) Multi-Enterprise Agreement 2023.
- This is a child-related position. Preferred candidates are required to possess a valid a Working With Children Check and will be subject to identification verification.

Affiliation: Catholic
Teaching Level: Secondary
Gender: Coed

900 Students
76 TeachingStaff
43 Non-Teaching Staff

Single School

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Chevalier College is a catholic coeducational secondary day school conducted by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The college is a heart-centred community that maintains an enrolment of approximately 900 students and is widely recognised for its high standard of teaching and excellent care for students. It is located in a beautiful park-like setting on 100 acres in Bowral, in the NSW Southern Highlands.

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