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About this job
Position Information
Prairiewood High School is a co-educational, partially selective, comprehensive secondary school located in Wetherill Park in Sydney's South-West region on Dharug land. The school has a stable enrolment of approximately 1350. 87% of students have a Language Background Other Than English, and students represent 30 countries of origin. The school caters for a diverse student population with 1% of Aboriginal students and 87% of students from a wide range of non–English speaking backgrounds, including over 100 refugee students.. Our inclusive education allocation includes 2.3 Learning and Support Teachers and 6.0 EAL/D teachers. This position will support our students requiring varying levels of adjustment as a Learning & Support Teacher within the school's Learning & Support Faculty.
For more information about our school, please visit https://prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach and/or Willingness to Teach Learning and Support Secondary & Learning and Support K-12 in regular classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needed and their teachers.
- Proven ability to design and deliver high-quality, differentiated teaching strategies, programs, resources and support plans that maximise learning outcomes for students with additional needs, whilst developing a culture of collaboration with colleagues.
- Well-developed interpersonal and organisational skills to engage staff, the wider community, initiatives that align with school priorities.
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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.