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About this job
Position Information
Fairfield High School is a comprehensive high school with an enrolment of 1033 students, including 97% from a non-English speaking background. The school has a Special Education Unit catering for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. A well-established Intensive English Centre is located onsite as part of the school comprising international students as well as students from refugee backgrounds. The Fairfield High School has a balance of early career and experienced staff who focus on the delivery of a broad curriculum catering for the needs of individual learners, including EALD and HPGE students. The CARE (Community, Achievement, Respect and Environment) code underpins the ethos of the school and forms a basis for positive behaviour for learning. Fairfield High School has a well-established parent group with embedded parent and community engagement programs to support student learning and build knowledge and skills for the wider community.
The school is situated on an 18-hectare site which houses state of the art facilities including: well organised science laboratories, commercial kitchens, refurbished Timber workshops, Ultimate Soccer fields, weights room, gymnasium, a barber training facility, and a performing arts and drama studio.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach. Willingness to teach as a Generalist (Years 7 -10).
Demonstrated ability to manage and engage students and differentiate the curriculum to meet the individual learning needs of students.
Ability to work as part of a team, with well-developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the 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.