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About this job
Position Information
Warrawong High School is a diverse and dynamic school community that reflects the cultural diversity of contemporary Australia. We are part of the Lake Illawarra North network, which forms a collaborative Warrawong Community of Schools, including: Cringila Public School, Lake Heights Public School, Kemblawarra Public School, Port Kembla Public School and Warrawong Public School.
The total student population of Warrawong High School is 585, which include 46% of students with a language background other than English, 11% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and families from 25 different nationalities.
Through our situational analysis we identified, Aspirational Learning and Personalised Pathways as priorities to support Student Growth and Attainment.
Our focus is that every student, teacher and school leader improves every year. To achieve this we embrace high expectations in all domains of school life. To enhance student growth and attainment we analyse and reflect upon student performance data and achievement to differentiate and to provide effective feedback that enhances the quality of learning.
Our staff are provided with evidence based, high impact professional development in order to deliver a curriculum focused on contemporary skill building, which supports individual student needs and our school targets in numeracy and literacy.
Our learning culture has been collaboratively developed and nurtured by a student-centred approach to inform our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience.
We proudly house the region's Intensive English Centre, supporting new arrival, refugee and international students as they enter our country. We also feature a large and dynamic Special Education Unit, which supports students across the Illawarra with a diverse range of abilities.
To complement our inclusive and diverse school we also host one of the region's first school based permaculture and community gardens, which supports and promotes sustainable living. We are also home to the Illawarra Academy of STEM Excellence in partnership with local industry including Bluescope.
Through these programs and others, Warrawong High School has strong links with the local education, business and sporting community including: Commaditchie Community Centre, Australian Council of Educational Research, Real Madrid Foundation, Green Connect, and the University of Wollongong.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Ancient History, Aboriginal Studies and History (7-10).
- Evidence of effective classroom management to promote a supportive and positive learning environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to the cultural and educational needs of Aboriginal students.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, contributing to high quality programming, assessment and resource development.
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.