Teacher Community Language - Vietnamese (0.6 FTE) - Prairievale Public School

About this job

Position Information

Prairievale Public School is a P3 school in Bossley Park on Dharug Land. It has an enrolment of 413, with 92% of students from a language background other than English. The school's community represents a wonderfully diverse range of cultures, which includes 39 different language backgrounds. It has seven Diverse Learner Classes for students with Autism and Intellectual disabilities and emphasises inclusivity in all aspects of its operations. Prairievale Public School has a strong welfare platform that supports students learning and promotes proactive and preventative behaviour support. The school is a Positive Behaviour for Learning School that implements trauma-informed practices to promote a safe space for children and families to learn and interact. The school actively promotes continuous improvement and successful learner qualities. Our classrooms promote high expectations through culturally rich learning, rich dialogue, visible learning strategies, formative and summative assessments to guide student learning, and differentiated and challenging learning opportunities for all students. Our school provides the ideal environment and context for our students to learn and a range of interpersonal, social and thinking skills that will lead them to become confident lifelong learners. The school provides rich, diverse extra-curricular opportunities through school and our Community of Schools partnerships.

Specific Selection Criteria

1.    Approval to teach Infants, Primary and Vietnamese - Community Language, with knowledge of the Modern Languages syllabus outcomes and Vietnamese language and culture.

2.    Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of explicit teaching and ongoing assessment and feedback to engage and differentiate the curriculum to meet the learning needs and strengths of a diverse range of learners.

3.    Demonstrated capacity to develop engaging learning environments and implement evidence-based behaviour and classroom management strategies that enhance student wellbeing and learning outcomes.

4.    Highly developed interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work actively and authentically when collaborating with students, staff, and parents to support student outcomes and promote a positive school culture.

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

This is a permanent part time position for 3 days per week 0.6FTE (Full-time equivalent)

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

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