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About this job
Position Information
Queanbeyan South Public School provides a dynamic and inclusive educational environment for 441 students located close to the border of the Australian Capital Territory. Students represent 35 cultural backgrounds with 27% identifying as Aboriginal. The school has four Multi-Categorical (MC) district supported learning classes and one district Opportunity Class (OC) for High Potential, Gifted Education students, with an onsite Transition to School Program running three days a week. The school has an extensive school kitchen program for Year 3-6 students. In recent years major educational initiatives at QSPS have focused on Equity, Student Growth and Attainment in Reading and Numeracy, Explicit Teaching, Aboriginal Education, High Potential Gifted Education, student wellbeing and performing arts. The school's educational culture is driven by quality teaching and improvement with highly skilled professional staff enhancing student opportunities through continuous professional learning.
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.
It is anticipated that this position will commence on Day 1, Term 1, 2026, 27 January 2026.
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
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