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About this job
Position Information
Chifley College Senior Campus is situated on the lands of the Darug people of the Gomerigal clan. Our school provides an inclusive learning environment where the community supports and inspires all students to become lifelong learners. Through our College motto – Learn, Discover, Inspire – we encourage our students to foster their individual talents, achieve personal excellence, embrace diversity and grow into responsible members of the community.
We are a comprehensive, co-educational secondary school with 506 students including a Support Unit which has five classes. The school caters for Stage 6 students and is one of five campuses in Chifley College within the St Marys-Mount Druitt area. The school draws its students from the three Chifley College 7-10 Campuses at Dunheved, Mount Druitt and Shalvey, and other government and non-government schools. Our school community is culturally and linguistically diverse where 30% of students require some level of EAL/D (English an additional language or dialect) support, 24% of students identify as having an Aboriginal background and 19% identify as having a Pasifika background.
Chifley College Senior Campus hosts a highly valued National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA) for Aboriginal girls and a Clontarf Academy for Aboriginal boys. We continue to foster strong partnerships with Sydney University, Western Sydney University and Macquarie University, TAFE, cultural institutions, businesses and local community groups. Our students represent the school across the state in music and dance ensembles, youth leadership forums and a wide range of sporting activities.
Chifley College Senior Campus maintains a philosophical and educational foundation aimed at innovation in curriculum and practice. All planning underpins capacity building initiatives in quality teaching, literacy and numeracy, student engagement, retention and transition, technology and shared educational leadership.
The school plan and annual school report are available on the school website
Specific Selection Criteria
1.Approval and/ or willingness to teach students with learning and support needs secondary and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs secondary in regular classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers.
2. Knowledge and capacity to collaboratively plan, implement, monitor and evaluate personalised learning and support plans for students with a range of learning needs that support improved educational outcomes.
3.Demonstrated ability to implement differentiated, evidence-based teaching practices in literacy and numeracy ensuring success for all students.
4.Highly developed interpersonal, administration, communication and organisational skills to build positive relationships with teachers, school support staff, students and parents
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.
Access the role statement for learning and support teachers here.