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About this job
Position Information
Wirlinga Public School and Public Preschool is a newly established NSW public education setting located in the growing Wirlinga/Thurgoona community, Albury. The school will open in two phases, with a 60 place a day public preschool commencing in Term 1, 2027, followed by the K–6 primary school in Term 1, 2028. The purpose-built facilities will include contemporary learning spaces, specialist support facilities, a library, hall, sporting facilities and expansive outdoor learning environments. Wirlinga is committed to establishing a high-expectations, inclusive and collaborative learning culture where every child is known, valued and supported to thrive. As a foundation school, Wirlinga offers a unique opportunity for staff to shape the school's identity, establish sustainable systems and practices, and build strong partnerships with families and the wider community. Our focus is on evidence-informed explicit teaching, complemented by trauma-informed and restorative wellbeing practices grounded in an understanding of internal psychology. We are committed to fostering self-regulation, personal responsibility, positive relationships and a strong sense of belonging within a safe and inclusive learning environment. Through continuous improvement, collective responsibility and high expectations, we aspire to be a school of choice where excellence, equity and wellbeing underpin everything we do.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary
1. Demonstrated ability to lead the implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed explicit teaching practices, with measurable impact on teacher practice and student learning outcomes.
2. Proven ability to use coaching, constructive feedback and professional conversations to address challenging staff performance matters and achieve measurable improvement in professional practice.
3. Proven ability to initiate, implement and embed a school improvement initiative through effective systems, structures and evaluation processes that sustain measurable improvements over time.
4. Demonstrated ability to establish and strengthen a positive, collaborative and accountable school culture through clear expectations, shared practices and collective responsibility for continuous improvement.
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 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.