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About this job
Position Information
Merrylands High School is a comprehensive High School in Sydney's South West with a growing population that currently sits at over 810 students. The school is proud to celebrate its cultural and linguistic diversity, with 87.3% of students having a non-English speaking background shared across a total of 55 unique languages. The school has six support classes, three Multi-Categorical and three Autism classes.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Secondary – English as an additional language or dialect or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as an additional language or dialect as recognised by the NSW Department of Education.
Approval to and/or willingness to teach English years 7-12.
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.
Well-developed communication, organisation and interpersonal skills with a capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and community.
Conditions
The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000. (Conditions apply)
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
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.