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About this job
Position Information
Belmore North Public School is located in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. Belmore is part of the traditional land of the Bediagal people. The school serves a diverse multicultural community and has a total enrolment of 260 students, 97% of whom speak English as an additional language or dialect. A support unit of 5 classes caters to students with additional learning needs and is an integral part of the school. The school is supported with staffing and funding loadings for socio-economic disadvantage and English language proficiency. The school is also supported with staffing and flexible funding to support students with low levels of disability in mainstream classrooms. There is a strong focus on implementing evidence based teaching practices and an emphasis on developing students' literacy and numeracy skills to achieve school targets. A dedicated staff provides extra-curricular activities for students to enhance their experiences at school. Extra-curricular activities include an environment club, homework club and robotics club . Arabic community language classes provide opportunities for students to maintain and develop literacy skills in their background language. A small but dedicated group of parents work hard to maintain an effective Parents and Citizens' association with whom the school works collaboratively and consultatively.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach primary library or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
- Proven experience in creating an engaging and inclusive environment that focuses on high expectations, positive classroom behaviour and wellbeing practices to enhance student learning.
- Highly passionate and innovative practitioner who differentiates teaching to support all learners.
- High level organisational skills with proven ability to manage resources.
- Highly developed intrapersonal and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work collaboratively with students, staff, families and the local 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 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.