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About this job
Position Information
Punchbowl Public School serves a highly diverse and multicultural community, with 92.95% of students having a language background other than English, including students coming from a refugee background. Over 30 different language backgrounds are represented in the school community.
Punchbowl Public School has a K-6 enrolment of approximately 543 students, including 14 students who attend one of our two K-6 Autism Support classes. The school also has 108 Preschool students, including 28 students who attend an Early Intervention Program. Eight of our students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
Punchbowl Public School has a strong team of professional and dedicated teaching and non-teaching staff who are at various stages of their careers. Student learning is supported by a range of specialist support staff. These include English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) teachers, Learning and Support Teachers (LaSTs) and Arabic Community Language teachers. The school also the site for a School as Community Centre (SaCC), which is led by our SaCC Facilitator.
Punchbowl Public School is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school. The school’s PBL team leads the development and implementation of programs to support the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of students.
A copy of the Punchbowl Public School 2024-2027 School Excellence Plan, Preschool Quality Improvement Plan and Annual Report can be found on the school website: www.punchbowl-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Arabic Community Language (K - 6)
Demonstrated capacity to develop and deliver quality differentiated Arabic Community Language Programs to cater for the needs of a diverse range of learners
Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills that contribute to a positive and collaborative school culture
Demonstrated ability to maintain exemplary classroom management
Demonstrated willingness to contribute to whole-school extra-curricular programs
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
The commencement date for this position will be day 1 of the 2027 school year.
This is a permanent part-time position for three days [0.600FTE] (full time equivalent)
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore,
applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are
encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum
FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.
Please note:
• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if
you are the recommended applicant.
• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the
advertised role.
Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their
nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list,
who are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit
selection webpage.
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.