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About this job
Position Information
Telarah Public School develops students to be Safe, Positive Learners. This is achieved through quality teaching, high levels of resourcing and strong school community support built on positive relationships that value education. Telarah Public School is situated in the western Maitland suburb of Telarah. The school is a P-6 setting with enrolment of approximately 540 students and a FOEI of 170 with 19 mainstream classes, two K–6 Support Classes for Emotional Disturbances (ED), an Early Intervention Unit (EIU) and a two-unit Preschool. Enrolment is 25% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, 4% non–English speaking backgrounds and there is some notable transience mainly due to government housing availability.
Telarah Public School has a strong commitment to providing quality education and provides a significant number of additional staff to support the improvement of literacy and numeracy outcomes across all Key Learning Areas. Teaching and Learning is embedded across engaging whole school programs through Project Based Learning and is developed through a range of wider curriculum activities including the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, School Musical and Project Based Learning Culmination Events. Whole school wellbeing is implemented through Positive Behaviour for Learning with the values of Safe, Positive Learners underpinning a supportive school culture of high expectations.
General Selection Criteria
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 infants and/or primary,
- Proactive, visible leadership with the ability to work collaboratively as a member of the school’s executive team to enhance student outcomes with an emphasis on high expectations for all students.
- Demonstrated capacity to strengthen partnerships with parents, students and community in strategies that facilitate growth in student engagement and wellbeing.
- Outstanding communication, prioritisation of competing demands, management and organisational skills to manage the daily complexities of a senior executive role.
- Demonstrated ability to strategically plan and implement whole school literacy and numeracy initiatives through a model of Explicit Teaching, apply evidence-informed practice while being responsive to data through implementation, leading to improved student outcomes.
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.