Life Skills Group is Australia's market leader in curriculum-based social, emotional and physical learning programs for students and educators. Our Programs are based on years of solid research into child development and social emotional learning and backed by leading professionals in the field.
**Location**:
- Newcastle, NSW
**Days/Time**: WED 9am - 11am
**Dates**:Starts August 27th. 5 Weeks.
(Induction period and training required in the lead up to Aug 27th program start date - minimum 3 x 1 hour sessions)
**THE ROLE**
Your Role as a Life Skills Group Teacher:
- Deliver high quality Health and PE curriculum based programs into Primary schools as a contract teacher for Life Skills Group.
- Follow the Life Skills Group Program Unit/Lesson Plans; making adjustments to suit the school and student needs and abilities.
- Deliver exceptional customer service, always meeting and aiming to exceed customer expectations, by proactively soliciting feedback to ensure continuous improvement during the program.
- Represent the company values in all dealings with our partner schools; with professional presentation and positive role modelling
- Value continuous learning and improvement by committing to personal and career development
- Utilise both verbal and nonverbal communication strategies to manage classrooms
**OUR PROGRAM**
Our fundamental movement programs focus on physical, social, emotional and attentional self-regulating strategies and skills, developed to systematically cultivate wellbeing, resilience and lifelong learning, providing healthy skills for your students physical, social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
Through cross-sectional research and validated classroom pedagogies, we combine:
- Fundamental movement / games / mindfulness and FUN
- Yoga, dance and fitness activities
- Mindfulness activities
- Positive psychology and effective pedagogical practices
- Cognitive affective neuroscience with scientifically proven mindfulness activities
- Solid research into child development and social emotional learning
**To be successful in this role**:
- Experience as a classroom teacher or Experience teaching yoga, mindfulness, PE
- Experience working with children
- Ability to utilise a unit program guide to structure and adapt lessons to the learner
- Excellent organisational skills to manage up to 7 x 45min classes per day of 30 students
- Motivation to deliver exceptional customer service and build positive connections with school personnel
- Self-driven and motivated to study and learn all areas of our curriculum in readiness to deliver our program of lessons
- Own transport and willingness to travel to schools in and around Melbourne or NSW, surrounding suburbs and regional cities
- You would first need to learn our curriculum based Programs
**JOB REQUIREMENTS**
- Contract position requiring your own ABN and Insurance
- CV/Resume including 2 x references
- Minimum 2 Years Classroom Teaching or PE Teaching in Primary School or Accreditation with Yoga Alliance with minimum 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training
- Expereince teaching children yoga and mindfulness
- Working with children clearance
- Current First Aid/CPR
- Own transport
**JOB DETAILS**
- Hours within school times
- Jobs within School Terms only
- Weekly programs. Programs run from 5-10 weeks
- Lesson length varies from 30-60min
- Number of classes a day varies from 4-7 _(This job is 2 x 45min sessions per day)_
- Access to our equipment and uniform if required
- Online access to our Program & Lesson Plans
**In return, we can offer you a great working culture in a rewarding industry, with ongoing training and development opportunities.**
**APPLY NOW**
Work remotely
- No
**Job Types**: Fixed term, Contract
Contract length: 5 days
Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour
Expected hours: 1.5 per week
**Benefits**:
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
- Fixed shift
**Experience**:
- teaching : 2 years (required)
**Language**:
- english (required)
Licence/Certification:
- 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (required)
- ABN & Insurance (required)
- First Aid/CPR (required)
- Working with Children clearance (required)
Work Location: In person
Expected Start Date: 27/08/2025