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About this job
Position Information
Blacktown Boys High School is a partially selective public secondary school for boys in Years 7–12, located on Darug land within walking distance of Blacktown CBD. With approximately 908 students, the school has a diverse student population, including 22.8% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds and 1.8% Aboriginal students.
The school provides a range of educational pathways through academically selective classes, a High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) class, mainstream classes and an Inclusive Education Support Unit, which includes two Multi-Categorical (MC) classes and one additional support class.
Blacktown Boys High School is committed to academic and creative excellence, student wellbeing and developing confident, resilient young men. Key priorities include literacy and numeracy, differentiated learning, explicit teaching, collaboration and inclusive practice. With strong educational outcomes, a supportive and inclusive culture and increasing enrolments, the school provides a dynamic and diverse learning environment focused on supporting every student to achieve their potential.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D).
Capacity to work effectively in a culturally and linguistically diverse school community, including supporting EAL/D and LBOTE learners while fostering inclusive relationships across the school community.
Strong collaborative practice, including the ability to work with mainstream teachers to embed EAL/D strategies across the curriculum and contribute to whole-school literacy and targeted support initiatives, including leading professional learning.
Effective classroom management and commitment to student engagement and wellbeing, including the ability to create structured, supportive learning environments using culturally responsive practices in a boys’ education setting
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.