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About this job
Position Information
Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus (enrolment 800, 66% NESB) is a comprehensive co-educational high school for Years 11 and 12. We are part of a multi-campus collegiate with three middle years 7-10 campuses (GRC Hurstville, GRC Peakhurst and GRC Penshurst).
Oatley Senior Campus has a focus on providing a quality education by differentiating the curriculum to meet the needs of all students in a Stage 6 environment. The campus offers a diverse academic curriculum and is recognised as offering the broadest number of courses in the state, including vocational education. The campus has an ethos of young adult learning which is linked to extensive student support programs in learning support and student wellbeing.
Student teacher relationships are based on Positive Behaviour for Learning. Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence underpin our school culture. They engage students, staff and the community in working together to develop confident, socially aware and involved young adults who can make significant contributions to the broader community.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach HSIE (Yrs 11 - 12), Legal Studies, Geography
Demonstrated ability to design, implement and deliver engaging, differentiated HSIE teaching and learning programs across Stage 6 syllabuses to meet all student needs and aligned with the new NSW HSIE Curriculums.
Capacity to work collaboratively as an effective team member and contribute to whole school programs and initiatives.
Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the wider community.
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 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.
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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.
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