Teacher Science - James Fallon High School ($20K Recruitment Bonus plus $5K to $8K Relocation Support Package)

About this job

Position Information

James Fallon High School is a comprehensive 7-12 high school of approximately 700 students in Albury. It caters to a very diverse enrolment, including approximately 24% Aboriginal students.   The school receives equity funding to support students from low socio-economic backgrounds, Aboriginal and English Learning students, and for students requiring low level disability adjustments.

The school offers a broad curriculum and a range of student wellbeing, leadership, academic and co-curricular initiatives. The school is committed to Positive Behaviour for Learning.

The school community looks forward to achieving the school's identified improvement measures in the 2021-2024 Strategic Improvement Plan. The school is a Big Picture school with an Academy of 53 students. The school has a large integrated support unit of 8 classes, known as the Diverse Learning Faculty across the school community. The school has a Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support.

The school possesses strengths in the areas of collaborative professional learning, strategic partnerships within the Albury educational community, and support for student learning. The staff possess a broad range of experiences and skills and are enthusiastic about authentic school innovation to improve learning outcomes for students.

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach Science, Chemistry and Physics.

Capacity to integrate innovative curriculum and learning strategies into teaching practice.

 Ability to support the learning needs of all students.

 Capacity to support transition opportunities for partner school students.

 Understanding of the needs of Aboriginal students and students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Conditions

The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000. (Conditions apply)

A relocation support package of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.

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.