Teacher - Chatham Public School

Permanent full-time job at Chatham Public School (Taree, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000BA6H
Closing date July 8, 2026, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Chatham Ave, Taree 2430 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Hayley Nicholson
(02) 6551 1081

About this job

Position Information

Chatham Public School is a welcoming and vibrant K–6 school with an enrolment of approximately 230 students, including 43% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students, serving a diverse and inclusive community. We have 10 mainstream classes and one support class, with a strong commitment to ensuring every child is known, valued and cared for. The school has a well-established student wellbeing approach that promotes calm, supportive and predictable learning environments. Staff work collaboratively to support each child’s development, wellbeing and engagement. The successful applicant will join a dedicated and collegial team focused on achieving the best outcomes for every student.

 
Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach Infants and Primary, with a demonstrated ability to use evidenced-informed and data-driven practices to design and deliver high-quality literacy and numeracy programs that meet the needs of a diverse range of learners, and a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning.

2. Proven capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues, students, families and the wider community, demonstrating highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to build positive relationships and contribute to a collaborative and supportive school culture.

3. Demonstrated commitment to fostering a culturally responsive, respectful and inclusive school community, with the ability to build strong partnerships that recognise and value the diverse backgrounds, experiences and strengths of students and families.

4. Highly developed classroom management and student wellbeing practices, with a demonstrated ability to establish safe, inclusive and engaging learning environments.

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.

 

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