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About this job
Position Information
West Wallsend High School is a proudly comprehensive 7-12 community-focused school, which supports and encourages students to achieve their full potential in an inclusive and caring environment based on the core values of respect, responsibility and excellence. The school is located on the land of the Pambalong of Awabakal Country on the western side of Newcastle as part of the Lake Macquarie North principal network and has an enrolment of almost 700 students. Students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds with more than 18% of students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The school has seven inclusive education classes.
We value and actively pursue excellence working in partnership with our community to create a strong sense of belonging and a collaborative inclusive culture aspiring to our vision that: We learn for life. Teachers are committed to providing a high-quality community of learning, delivering a broad range of subjects in an environment of high expectations, high care and high support. The school places a focus on developing aspirational learners with strong vocational educational opportunities. Students engage with a range of innovative initiatives for high potential and gifted students as well as exciting opportunities in sport, creative and performing arts, leadership and cultural initiatives at school, regional and state level.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach secondary library or currently undertaking Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
2. Ability to support the learning of students across all KLA’s and in particular Stage 6 students, through innovative library practices, individualised learning programs and proven student engagement strategies.
3. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the capacity to collaborate with teachers, executive staff and the wider school community to enhance teaching and learning.
4. Demonstrated capacity to support and improve the educational outcomes of a diverse range of students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, through inclusive, culturally responsive teaching and learning practices.
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.
If applicants wish to contact the Panel Convenor during the holidays, please email paul.j.gauci@det.nsw.edu.au and provide a phone number and he will contact you at his earliest convenience.
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.