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About this job
Position Information
Willyama High School (enrolment 570 students, including 125 Aboriginal students) is a comprehensive high school located in Broken Hill in Far West NSW. Our school has established positive relationships and strong connections with our local community with a focus on evidence-based teaching and learning practices that inspire our students to excel through academic, sporting, extra-curricular and cultural endeavours. There is a strong focus on using technology in the classroom and improving literacy and numeracy throughout our school. Our school’s core values of respect, responsibility and cooperation are regularly reinforced.
Please visit our website for more information www.willyama-h.schools.nsw.edu.au.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach English (7-10) and English (11-12). Demonstrated ability to implement evidence-based teaching practices to engage and develop students with a wide range of abilities with a focus on improving student literacy skills. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents. Demonstrated ability to effectively implement technology in the classroom with a focus on improving teaching and learning. Demonstrated understanding of, and the capacity to cater for, the needs of Aboriginal students.
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
Willyama High School is a 6 point school and as such attracts additional incentives. Please refer to:
https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives
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.