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About this job
Position Information
Mount Austin High School is located in Wagga Wagga , NSW on Wiradjuri country. Mount Austin High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, inclusive school. There are 540 students enrolled at Mount Austin High School, 46% of whom, identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. There are 5 Special Education classes, an Intensive English class, a Clontarf Academy, a Girls at the Centre program and a Restorative Practices Centre on site. A number of capital works projects have been undertaken recently including refurbishments to the Visual Arts classrooms, the cafe, the library, and staff professional learning spaces.
Staff are a mix of newly appointed, beginning, and experienced teachers who are committed to the school, students, and community. Developing and maintaining significant community connections, academic growth and authentic post-school destinations for all students are focal points of school planning. Mount Austin High School works in close partnership with the local AECG
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Music 7-12 (MUS)
- Proven ability to design and deliver dynamic and engaging teaching programs that cater to a wide range of student interests, wellbeing needs and abilities.
- Ability to implement engaging and effective teaching strategies that cater for the educational needs of students with a diverse range of backgrounds and abilities including students that identify as Indigenous.
Conditions
The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000. (Conditions apply)
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.