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About this job
Position Information
Campsie Public School, on Cadigal-Wangal land, is the hub of a connected community that celebrates diversity and empowers all students, staff and families to nurture our individual and collective potential. We provide rich and purposeful learning experiences that enable character growth, develop friendships and cater to individual learning needs, interests and passions; where academic excellence, societal participation and emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing are valued. We ensure every learner (adult and child) understands their strengths and areas for development, through structured reflection and feedback processes, ensuring every individual is continually growing and adding value to the growth of others and the school. We partner with the whole school community to inspire innovative, respectful lifelong learners who are passionate and confident about making a difference, and who advocate for themselves and their wider community, as global citizens and world changers. Distributed leadership ensures students are at the heart of decision making.
Campsie Public School (CPS) is a large, dynamic school located in the heart of Campsie's Central Business District, adjacent to local shops and community facilities. Our school proudly serves approximately 520 students, with 97% coming from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The most common language groups include Chinese (37%), Nepali (10%), Vietnamese (8%), Indonesian (7%), and Korean (6%).
Academic and Student Support
At CPS, we prioritise literacy and numeracy through effective curriculum differentiation, ensuring that each student receives targeted support. Students with additional learning needs benefit from individualised learning plans, developed in partnership with families and specialist providers. We employ a speech therapist to deliver targeted intervention and professional development for staff.
Students with a Disability: 20% of students have regularly reviewed Individual Learning Plans.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Students: Four students have Personalised Learning Pathways, including aspirational goals set by the student.
High Potential & Gifted Education: CPS offers enrichment classes for high-performing students to extend their learning.
Curriculum and Extracurricular Opportunities
The school offers a broad curriculum that includes languages, the arts, and physical education. Students have access to a wide range of sporting activities such as PSSA sports, swimming, ice-skating, and specialist PDHPE lessons.
CPS boasts a vibrant creative and performing arts program, including dance groups, choir, drumming, art club, and a school band. Students regularly participate in prestigious events such as:
- Dance Sport Gala
- Combined Public Schools Music Festival
- School Spectacular
Opportunities for skill development extend to debating, public speaking, film making, coding, and gardening. Student leadership is encouraged through the Student Representative Council (SRC), Green Team (environmental group), Koori Club, and student-led clubs.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach infants and Primary (K-6), with appropriate Korean language teaching qualifications or recognised credentials, or demonstrated progress towards attaining these qualifications. Demonstrated ability to design and deliver engaging Korean language programs aligned with the NSW Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, integrated with other Key Learning Areas, across K-6.
2. Demonstrated ability to develop programs and initiatives that promote and celebrate Korean language and culture, and engage students in meaningful intercultural learning experiences.
3. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective classroom and behaviour management practices across K-6.
4. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the proven capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues, students, and the school community, and to contribute to a positive staff culture and inclusive 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.
This is a permanent part-time position for 1day [0.2FTE]