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About this job
Position Information
Heckenberg Public School is a member of the Liverpool Principals Network and is located in South Western Sydney, 5km west of Liverpool. The school was built in 1965 and is an important part of the 2168 community with a current enrolment of 207 students.
The school's rich cultural backgrounds are represented with 20% of students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and 65% of students speaking an additional language and/or dialect. There are 19 language groups represented, the main being English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Khmer and Samoan.
Heckenberg Public School has a strong culture of instructional leadership, collaboration and professional development of staff, as evidenced in the achievement of Excelling in NAPLAN Value Added across Years 3 – 5 and Years 5 – 7. The school has also been validated as Excelling in Educational Leadership, Wellbeing, and Learning Culture in the 2024 External Validation process.
Heckenberg Public School has a number of community partnerships that support the vision of the school, including Liverpool Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (LLAECG), Community Hubs Australia, University of Newcastle, Liverpool Council, Souths Cares and South West Sydney Area Health Services. The benefits of participating in these partnerships have included improved pedagogical practices, increased parent engagement with the school and improved student outcomes.
Our new public preschool is an approved early childhood education and care service and will provide quality play-based, intentional educational programs under the requirements of the National Quality Framework, to help all children make a strong start in life and learning and experience a successful transition to school.
Specific Selection Criteria
• Approval to teach preschool, holding an ACECQA approved qualification, with working knowledge and the ability to implement the National Quality Framework.
• Demonstrated capacity to plan and implement a culturally responsive preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework, including a thorough understanding of age-appropriate pedagogies such as play-based learning and intentional teaching.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds through excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills to manage the complexity of a preschool setting.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a whole school team, including specialist school-based staff and external agencies, to design, implement and evaluate effective transition programs for students into primary school.
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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