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About this job
Position Information
Weston Public School is located inland in the electorate of Cessnock. It serves a community in which many families identify as being in the low socio-economic group and provides quality education to students from Kindergarten to Year 6. There are currently 284 students enrolled at the school of which 30% identify as Aboriginal. The local AECG committee and executive take a very positive and active interest in the school's learning, welfare and cultural programs and promote these within the Aboriginal community. We have an increasing amount of EALD enrolments.
Weston Public School is a proud member of the Kurri Kurri Learning Community (KKLC).
A number of significant programs, including explicit teaching and the Wellbeing of Weston (WoW), are being implemented to ensure students are provided consistently targeted teaching in Literacy and Numeracy to improve learning outcomes and positive wellbeing and engagement.
Student growth and attainment is closely monitored with individual and targeted support being provided where growth is not evident. Students in need of intervention are identified and receive intensive intervention from the Learning and Support Teachers and support staff.
Weston Public School will have an operational preschool in 2027.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the executive to effectively lead a positive school wide culture, P-6, that drives school improvement through high performance, continuous improvement and data-informed decision making.
Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to an equitable education, with the capacity to lead the implementation of culturally responsive and high quality wellbeing programs that meet the needs of all learners, inclusive of Aboriginal students and their families.
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.
The successful applicant must be willing to supervise across P–6 and teach across K–6 at various times during their tenure at Weston Public School. The role may include on-class, off-class, or a combination of both responsibilities to best meet the needs of the school.
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
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