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About this job
Position Information
Austral Public School is located in a rapidly growing area of Southwest Sydney, which is currently undergoing redevelopment. The school supports a community which is increasingly diverse in socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. There are currently 972 students enrolled in 42 classes.
72.4% of students are from non-English speaking backgrounds, with the largest representation of language groups from the Arabic, Hindu, Nepalese, Samoan and Pakistani communities. The Italian language, heritage and culture are fostered through our Italian community language program and 1.8% of our students are Aboriginal. We see a consistently growing need to support our students and their families who have language backgrounds other than English. Our Language Background other than English (LBOTE) representation is 87.4%.
There is a strong culture of quality teaching through continuous reflection and high-quality professional learning. The teaching staff reflects a balance of experienced and newly appointed teachers, and we are committed to ensuring that the current methods of best practice, quality teaching and high expectations are embedded in all classes.
Austral Public School is supported by an active Parents and Citizens Association who are involved in decision making, assist in implementing school programs and fund raise to improve facilities and support school initiatives.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach K-6 with a demonstrated ability to develop high quality differentiated, inclusive literacy and numeracy programs with an emphasis on explicit teaching.
2. Demonstrated ability to create positive learning environments to support a range of students through effective classroom behaviour management and implementation of whole school welfare policy and procedures.
3. Highly developed communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team and build positive relationships with students, staff and parents.
4. Commitment to whole-school contribution, with the experience or willingness to plan and implement extra-curricular activities to enrich student engagement beyond the classroom.
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.