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About this job
Position Information
Tweed Heads South Public School has an enrolment of 178 students, 41% of students are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 6.6% have a background of English as an additional language or dialect, newly established MC Support Classes, onsite DoE preschool and recently completed school rebuild.
We work collaboratively to provide opportunities beyond the classroom to encourage our students to achieve success through a wide variety of artistic, cultural, musical, sporting, and academic development programs specifically tailored in response to individual interests and strengths.
Community partnerships and authentic relationships between home, school and staff are highly valued and nurtured. The school's wellbeing approach focuses on providing an effective environment for learning and recognises that wellbeing and engagement are important conditions for success. Staff ensure that every child is known, valued, and cared for.
Our school maintains a strong and supportive spirit that is embodied in the school's values of being resilient, respectful, responsible, vibrant, caring and successful students ensuring the best possible outcomes for all.
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 extensive experience teaching students with complex and diverse needs such as mild/moderate intellectual disabilities, autism, mental health, health care needs and challenging behaviours.
Strong organisational and administrative skills and demonstrated ability to balance classroom teaching with the demands of an executive role.
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a positive, inclusive and well-managed learning environment, through the implementation of evidence-based and evaluative practices to implement high quality differentiated curriculum, including the development and review of student personalised learning and support plans, transition plans and behaviour plans that impact positively on student engagement, a culture of inclusion and continuous whole school improvement.
Highly visible, dynamic and approachable leader who has proven organisational, communication and interpersonal skills that contribute to a culture of inclusivity with proven ability to work collaboratively, build trusting relationships and establish effective partnerships with parents, colleagues, therapists and external support agencies to achieve improved student outcomes.
Demonstrated capacity to lead and implement effective evidence-based student well-being strategies which promote engagement and contribute to productive and safe learning environments.
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.