0431 976 282
About this job
Position Information
Heckenberg Public School is a member of the Liverpool Principals Network and is located in South Western Sydney, 5km west of Liverpool. The school was built in 1965 and is an important part of the 2168 community with a current enrolment of 213 students.
The school's rich cultural backgrounds are represented with 21% of students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and 65% of students speaking an additional language and/or dialect. There are 19 language groups represented, the main being English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Khmer and Samoan.
Heckenberg Public School has a strong culture of instructional leadership, collaboration and professional development of staff, as evidenced in the achievement of Excelling in NAPLAN Value Added across Years 3 – 5 and Years 5 – 7. The school has also been validated as Excelling in Educational Leadership, Wellbeing, and Learning Culture in the 2024 External Validation process.
The school prides itself on providing a variety of activities that promote High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) for students across the four domains of: Creative, Intellectual, Physical and Social-emotional. Talent development and high performance programs include Public Speaking, 2168 Children's Parliament, Green Valley PSSA and the Western Liverpool Performing Arts Festival.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach students with learning and support needs K - 6, with the capacity to engage in school wide initiatives and build authentic relationships with teachers and students across the school.
Demonstrated expertise in assessment, differentiation and data informed practice, with the ability to collaborate with teachers to develop personalised learning and support plans, adjustments and interventions to support student learning.
Proven capacity to identify, plan for and support students with diverse wellbeing needs through the implementation of evidence-informed adjustments and interventions that support student engagement, motivation and participation.
Highly developed interpersonal, communication and consultation skills, with the demonstrated capacity to manage complex and sensitive matters, build productive partnerships and collaborate effectively with families and external stakeholders.
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.