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About this job
Position Information
Heckenberg Public School is part of the Liverpool Network in South West Sydney. It is 5 km west of the Liverpool CBD and is in the 2168 local area. The school was built in 1965 and is an important part of our small community. Heckenberg Public School has an enrolment of 222 students. The community is largely transient with over 60% of students leaving the school by year 6. The main languages spoken at home by families are English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Samoan and Hindi resulting in the school having an EALD rate of 67%. Overall, there are 21 language groups that make up the Heckenberg PS community.
The school prides itself on providing a variety of extra curricular activities for our students in the area of sport, technology and the creative arts. The school provides additional opportunities for students to participate in initiatives with our neighbouring schools, including the 2168 Children's Parliament and Liverpool School Ambassador Program.
Heckenberg PS has a number of partnerships that support the vision of our school. The school is in a multi year partnership with Community Hubs Australia, Musica Viva, Liverpool Council, South West Sydney Area Health Service and Karitane. These partnerships support the students, families and staff in a variety of ways. Some actions that are able to be completed with these partnerships include, Parent, Child Interaction Therapy, Speech Therapy, Parent English Classes, a variety of extra curricular activities provided by external agencies, social skills programs, student leadership initiatives and gifted and talented creative arts program. The school invests significant funds and regularly obtains financial grants to create outstanding and varied opportunities for our students.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach K-6. Approval to teach primary English as a second language or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a second language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education.
- Demonstrated use of data to develop and adjust teaching and learning programs and assessments to deliver high-quality differentiated teaching and learning programs to maximise the learning outcomes of EAL/D students.
- Demonstrated ability to support students from EAL/D backgrounds through effective collaboration with staff, in-class and small group support and engagement with community.
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 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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