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About this job
Position Information
Wellington High School services a rural community in Central New South Wales and provides a comprehensive curriculum for Years 7 to 12 in a caring and supporting environment, providing programs which cater for students of all abilities. It is the sole provider for Years 11 and 12 in the Wellington area. The school has 300 students, 65% of whom are Aboriginal and 3% LBOTE.
Significant funding is received by the school through the Resource Allocation Model. Wellington High School is a Restorative Practice School and "Achievement for All Students" is a focus of all school programs. The school has excellent Vocational Education programs and facilities, with Trade Training Centres in Primary Industries and Metals and Engineering which opened in 2012.
Through the Situational Analysis, we were able to identify the following areas as those for explicit future planning:
- The use of data to inform teaching practice
- Improving the engagement of our students and community to increase the achievement of learning outcomes and;
- The adoption of more explicit teaching practice.
The plan has been developed through consultation with all stakeholders. Parents were surveyed and students were also consulted on their perspective of educational needs on a random basis. Members of the Wellington High School Community Group and the newly re-formed AECG were consulted during the process, as were school staff who pinpointed areas of need to ensure we had a complete understanding of our context going forward.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to Teach: ITX - Technology Mandatory and/or ITW - Industrial Technology - Timber and/or ITM - Industrial Technology-Metal.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to cater for a diverse range of students through differentiated, innovative and effective teaching practices that challenge and engage them as a path to improved educational outcomes
- Proven commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policies.
Conditions
Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (Conditions Apply). The Recruitment Bonus will be paid on a pro rata basis for permanent part-time teachers and executive staff. The maximum recruitment bonus available for a position is $20,000, including any job share arrangements.
A Relocation Support Payment of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.
Special Notes
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.
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.