Teacher English - Young High School

Permanent full-time job at Young High School (Young, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000AK3G
Closing date May 8, 2024, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Campbell Street, Young NSW 2594 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Angela Trinder
02 6382 1166

About this job

Position Information

Young High School is a rural comprehensive high school located in Wiradjuri Country approximately 4 hours southwest of Sydney and 2 hours from Canberra and Wagga Wagga. We have a strong focus on academic growth and developing resilience, empathy, acceptance and teamwork across the school community. The school has an enrolment of 530 students from diverse cultural backgrounds, including 13% Aboriginal students and an increasing Muslim student enrolment which is currently 8%. In addition, we have a support unit consisting of 5 support Multicategorical (MC) classes. 

The school works closely with the local community. The school receives significant equity funding which allows for the introduction of new programs and initiatives to boost student-learning outcomes. For information on living in Young, please go to https://www.visithilltopsregion.com.au/towns-villages/young/ which will provide applicants with additional information about the area where the school is located.

Specific Selection Criteria
  • Approval to teach English Years 7-12
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver engaging and effective teaching programs that integrate literacy and numeracy to meet the diverse learning and wellbeing needs of a wide range of students.
  • Highly developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and community. 
  • Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work with the faculty, whole school, and the wider learning community, to foster a culture of high expectations.
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

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.

 

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