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About this job
Position Information
Boorowa Central School is a beautiful farming village located in the Hilltops region in the Southwest Slopes of New South Wales. Its main industry is agriculture and is located 3 hours southwest of Sydney, just over an hour northeast of Canberra and within 30 min of both Young and Yass.
Boorowa Central School is vibrant and inclusive with around 270 students. Approximately 14% of the students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. It acknowledges and celebrates the Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri cultures who are the traditional owners of the land within the school and broader community. The school is staffed by a blend of expert, experienced and enthusiastic teachers who deliver high quality, teaching and learning activities in all classrooms. Teaching staff and students are very well supported by exceptional SLSO's and SASS. The school has a focus on instructional leadership to target student growth in Literacy and Numeracy from K12.
Students at Boorowa Central school have access to state of art technology in every learning space and excellent facilities, which include a Commercial Kitchen, a Trade Training Centre, and an 'Innovation Centre', fully stocked with resources that provide opportunities for students in K-12 to experience 'hands-on' learning in a range of curriculum areas. The school also has a Multi-purpose Hall, external basketball, and netball courts and 2 large ovals.
Schools play a critical role in rural and remote communities. Boorowa Central School is committed to continuing to strengthen its already strong partnership with the local community. This partnership has a strong focus on 'raising caring, resilient young people who are community-minded and strive for individual success'.
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,
- Outstanding communication, prioritisation, management and organisational skills to effectively lead the complex day to day operations of the school.
- A highly visible and proactive leader with demonstrated impact in leading teaching and learning to create a positive culture of high expectations, ensuring evidence-based teaching practices have direct impact on student growth and achievement.
- Proven ability to lead, collaborate, implement, and evaluate whole school initiatives that build capacity of middle leaders and teaching staff to embed best practice in behaviour management and wellbeing.
- Demonstrated excellence in building a positive school culture of inclusion, support and community engagement that ensures authentic partnerships with diverse 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.