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About this job
Position Information
Penrith Selective High School is an academically selective high school located on Darug land. We have coeducational enrolment of approximately 936 students, including 92.6% of students from a non–English speaking background (English, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali and Mandarin are our main language groups) and four Aboriginal students enrolled. The school has a strong commitment to differentiated teaching and learning to meet the needs of highly gifted learners in addition to supporting students and their wellbeing across all domains of giftedness.
The highly skilled and dedicated teachers focus on quality teaching and learning with an emphasis and understanding of strategies that meet the needs of gifted and talented students, including those who are twice exceptional (2e). We develop students who are innovative thinkers, confident and self–motivated learners who possess strong ethical values. The school enjoys the support of its culturally and linguistically diverse community and has fostered strong partnerships with Australian and overseas universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and community groups and has established in-house enterprise learning.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Business Studies, Commerce and Economics.
Demonstrated ability to differentiate teaching and learning to cater for the abilities of high potential and gifted students and the needs of a diverse range of students.
Ability to work collegially to develop quality teaching programs and assessment that caters for all students.
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and connections between staff, students, and a willingness to participate in whole school initiatives to enhance student engagement.
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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