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About this job
Position Information
Elderslie High School, located between Narellan and Camden, is a comprehensive coeducational school (Years 7-12) with an enrolment of 889 students including 85 Aboriginal students. Our broad curriculum is designed to cater for the diverse range of student learning needs. The school’s committed and highly professional staff continually work to improve the quality of teaching and learning through evidence-based reflection, explicit teaching and the purposeful implementation of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Our staff continually engage in professional learning to ensure our students receive high-quality, engaging education.
There is a strong tradition of academic excellence at Elderslie High School and our students have the opportunity to engage in many extracurricular activities including sport, debating, agriculture, dance, drama and public speaking. Significant links have been developed between the school and the surrounding community. Our informed and committed community have high expectations for student achievement and ongoing success in academic, cultural, vocational and sporting areas. The school is an integral part of the Macarthur Trade Training Centre. The school has a Support Unit with 8 classes of students with Autism and 1 MC class. Please visit the school website www.elderslie-h.schools.nsw.edu.au for information about the school including the Annual Report and School Excellence Plan.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Japanese Years 7 - 12
2. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively develop and implement innovative, engaging teaching and learning programs that differentiate for a diverse range of students' needs
3. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and build positive relationships with students, parents, and the wider school 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.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.