Posted on 6th August, 2025
Job Title: Teacher Assistant, Milkwood Steiner School
Appointed by: Principal
Reporting to: Principal

Contract: 8:00am-3:00pm Monday to Friday

• may apply for anywhere between 1-5 days of TA work, please state your preference on your cover letter.

Start Date: January 2026

SUMMARY

Milkwood Steiner School is situated on Larrakia land (Darwin), in the tropical north of Australia delivering a Steiner Curriculum to 170 students from Kindergarten to Class 6. Our school has unique large tropical style buildings with classrooms that open out on to broad verandas, with a playground that extends to a beautiful native bushland. We are a thriving, growing school, with a welcoming community and children from diverse cultural backgrounds. Our College of Teachers are committed to applying the richness of a Steiner Education to the unique cultural and environmental context of Australia’s Top End.

The Teacher Assistant is a person who strives to be a model worthy of replication for children. They bring a high level of consciousness to their movements, interactions and actions, striving at all times to support the Teacher to maintain a safe, creative, enriching learning space. Personal attributes of the Teacher Assistant include:

• A love for children and the capacity to establish positive relationships with all children
• An ability to respond quickly to directions from the Teacher
• A sensitivity to diverse needs of students the classroom and school
• An ability to speak and respond to challenging situations in ways that are mindful, calm and consistent
• A reflective, self-aware educator, committed to self-improvement and professional development

Indigenous applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants seeking employment as a TA in classes Transition-Year 8 require a minimum Certificate III Children’s Services (or working towards this), valid First Aid Qualification and an Ochre Card.
Applicants seeking employment as a TA in the Preschool require a minimum Certificate III Early Childhood Teaching (or working towards this), valid First Aid Qualification and an Ochre Card.

• Work effectively with the College of Teachers, Principal and Administration staff.
• Assist and support the Teacher in the school day, including modelling participation and supporting student inclusion.
• Participate in the development of educational adjustment plans and other adjustments for individual students based on best practice interventions for inclusion, wellbeing and learning.
• Facilitate small group work in the classroom or in break out rooms, independently.
• Maintain records and participate in child observations.
• Supervise children, exercising duty of care.
• Apply first aid and assist with personal hygiene appropriately.
• Foster a learning environment which supports independence and the reaching of potential, in each student, according to the principles of Steiner Education.
• Support learning a range of curriculum subject areas, including literacy and numeracy, including taking an active role in practical activities with children such as gardening, cooking, craft, music, games, nature walks.
• Attend relevant meetings, including a reasonable number of planning and professional development meetings, at the discretion of the Principal.
• Ensure appropriate behaviour of students in class, around the school and whilst on excursions or camps.
• Contribute to the care for Milkwood’s learning spaces, ensuring that the aesthetics, layout and management of the room reflect the cultural values of Milkwood Steiner School and support teaching and learning.