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About this job
Position Information
Orange High School has proudly provided high quality learning experiences to students in Central Western NSW for over 100 years. Today, we educate up to 1000 students from within the regional city of Orange and its rural surroundings on Wiradjuri country. The foundation of our school community is based on honoring the past with respected traditions while creating the future. Our school provides comprehensive secondary education underpinned by the motto: whatever we do, we do to the best of our ability. Currently, we have over 150 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and 80 EAL/D students. Inclusion is a priority, and we have six support classes on-site and two located at Orange Base Hospital
At Orange High School, we understand that for our students to reach their potential, they must know how to interact with others in respectful, safe, stimulating and rewarding learning environments. We aim to prepare our students with the skills needed for lifelong, effective participation in their communities.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Japanese
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with colleagues, students and parents/carers
- Demonstrated capacity to provide engaging lessons and programs for all students, including those with additional or diverse learning needs.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policies.
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.