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About this job
Position Information
The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School is committed to ensuring our students are safe, respectful learners. We strive towards the pursuit of excellence and are mutually accountable to the provision of high quality educational opportunities for each and every child. We focus on explicit teaching and learning. Our school has a current enrolment of 187 students, including 21% of our students identifying as First Nations people. Our school is inclusive, welcoming and friendly and is supported by a close‐knit community. Every child in our school is known, valued and cared for, addressing the needs of all learners, including three multi-categorical classes and sharing enrolments with Aurora College to provide extension opportunities for high performing students. Teamwork and staff participation are highly valued with staff involved in a collaborative approach to school‐wide planning and assessment. Our dedicated staff inspire children to have a love of learning using innovative and challenging educational programs, and provide the opportunity to participate in a wide range of extra curricular activities, including creative arts groups, individual and team sports, public speaking and debating.
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
In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with complex learning needs including Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities with diverse behavioural and emotional needs, K-6.
Expert leadership skills with the ability to establish and lead a newly formed 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.
Ability to promote inclusivity and integration through highly developed communication and interpersonal skills; and to foster authentic and collaborative partnerships with all stakeholders.
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. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.