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About this job
Position Information
Sherwood Grange Public School, located in a quiet suburban area in Merrylands West, has a current enrolment of 269 students. 40% of students come from Language Backgrounds other than English. The school has a three-class Inclusive Education Support Unit, and a new preschool will be opening in Term 4 this year.
Recruitment for the new preschool is underway; two full-time teaching positions (starting in Term 2), two full-time SLSO positions (starting in Term 3), and one part-time administration position (starting in Term 3).
The school has a positive, settled school tone, where children feel happy, safe and supported. Highly skilled and inspirational teaching and administration staff foster an atmosphere in which students are encouraged to care for others and give their best. Proactive wellbeing programs and practices are a high priority.
Staff, parents and students share high expectations, and excellence is promoted across all aspects of school life. Quality teaching, student engagement, differentiation and inclusion are the focus of every classroom. Teachers provide well planned and explicit learning experiences designed to ensure equity, cater for individual needs and maximise outcomes across Key Learning Areas.
The school promotes and fosters the important social values of care, fairness, excellence, inclusion, integrity, and participation. Parents, carers and community members are an integral part of the learning community. Emphasis is placed on maintaining a warm, welcoming and harmonious school environment where everyone has a sense of belonging.
The School’s Purpose is to meet the academic, social, emotional, creative and physical needs of every child in our care. This is through consistent explicit, evidence-based teaching within a culture of collaborative practice, accompanied by a relentless focus on the wellbeing of the whole child.
Every student is known, valued and cared for within a culture of high expectations where students connect, succeed, thrive and learn.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach preschool holding an ACECQA approved teaching qualification, with working knowledge of and ability to implement the National Quality Framework including Early Childhood Education and Care National Law & Regulations and National Quality Standards.
- Demonstrated capacity to plan and implement a preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework, including a thorough understanding of age-appropriate pedagogies including play-based learning and intentional teaching.
- Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds through excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills to manage the complexity of a preschool setting.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a whole school team, including specialist school-based staff and external agencies, to design, implement and evaluate effective programs transitions for students into primary school.
- A commitment to embedding cultural responsiveness into the preschool program.
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.
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