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About this job
Position Information
Figtree Public School, located south of Wollongong, has an enrolment of 284 students, including three support classes. Approximately 28% of our students come from language backgrounds other than English, and 7% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. We acknowledge our responsibility to honour the heritage and traditions of the Dharawal people, and we are dedicated to advancing reconciliation by learning about and respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, and contributions.
At Figtree Public School, we are committed to fostering an environment where students understand their world, feel empowered to navigate it, and find meaningful ways to contribute. As a learning community, we work in purposeful partnership with high expectations, ensuring that every student is valued and challenged to reach their full potential. We respond to individual learning needs while maintaining a strong focus on quality, explicit teaching. Our skilled teachers share a collective responsibility for student and school improvement and collaborate as lifelong learners to continuously grow, innovate, create, and inspire. They provide quality classroom and extracurricular learning opportunities that enrich the educational experience.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach K-6 with demonstrated capacity to ensure safety, connection and engagement for all.
Demonstrated ability to use explicit and data-informed teaching practices and differentiation across literacy and numeracy to support student learning and achievement.
Demonstrated understanding and ability to align daily teaching and learning practices with the components of human psychology and brain science.
Commitment to and demonstrated skills in leading and contributing to extracurricular programs that provide opportunities for students to achieve, develop and excel beyond the classroom.
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
The commencement date for this position will be day 1 of the 2027 school year.
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.