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About this job
Position Information
Wattawa Heights Public School is situated on Dharug Land, located in Bankstown. It is a small school (200 students) that provides a learning environment for children to take learning risks. We value the importance of the culture of classroom, school and communities to foster stronger relationships, facilitate learning, celebrate diversity and deepen social understanding. Values that are promoted include compassion, equity, empathy, honesty and excellence.
Our dedicated teaching staff provide students from Kindergarten to Year 6 with a challenging curriculum emphasising literacy, numeracy and information technology within well-resourced classrooms. We are a collaborative and inclusive community committed to creating confident, compassionate and engaged lifelong learners.
Wattawa Heights Public School is a proud multicultural community, with 94% of students with a language background of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D). We value all our learners as individuals and our caring and passionate teaching staff promote excellence in teaching through a commitment to continuous professional learning. The whole school community values and respects individuals and their beliefs.
General Selection Criteria
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
1. In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach special education and/or experience to improve learning outcomes for students K-6 autism, intellectual disabilities with complex and diverse needs.
2. Expert leadership skills and exemplary classroom teaching practices with the ability to establish and lead a support unit in line with the DoE policies to develop and implement high quality differentiated curriculum, including Individual Education Plans, Personalised Learning Pathways, Behaviour Support Plans and transition planning.
3. Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to collaborate with all relevant stakeholders for individualised support, transition, behaviour and wellbeing needs to promote the inclusion of students with multifaceted needs.
4. Demonstrated ability to lead curriculum and implement individualised learning programs that maximise student engagement, focusing on improving literacy and numeracy outcomes for all students and providing proactive strategies for the management of complex and challenging behaviours.
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here.
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