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About this job
Position Information
Gledswood Hills Public School, is a large and rapidly growing school, housed in state-ofthe-art facility located in South Western Sydney. It is part of the Macarthur Network of Schools for the Department of Education. 1006 students are enrolled at Gledswood Hills Public School, where students from a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE) make up 51% of the school population and 3% of students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Our school motto is 'Together We Can' and reflects our school culture of inclusion, collaboration and belonging. Continual monitoring of student performance data determines areas of need and success at class and school level. The school has a strong focus on high quality teaching and learning. The school is dedicated to providing a caring and quality learning environment with a commitment to developing the whole child. Equity for Excellence, Explicit Teaching, High Potential and Gifted Education, and Student Voice form the foundations of our School Plan and strategic directions, ensuring every student can access high-quality learning, consistent and effective classroom practice, meaningful extension opportunities, and authentic partnership in their learning.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (primary) with the capacity to provide learning and support adjustments in the classroom.
2. Demonstrated expertise in assessment, differentiation and data-informed practice, with the ability to collaborate with teachers to analyse data and design, implement and evaluate personalised learning and support plans, and teaching and learning adjustments.
3. Demonstrated capacity to provide specialist assistance to students with the willingness to work with teaching staff to build capacity to deliver high quality differentiated practices.
4. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively contribute to the school culture by working collaboratively with staff members, students, families and external agencies.
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.
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