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About this job
Position Information
Gilgandra High School is an inclusive, culturally diverse rural school residing on Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Wailwan Land, with a student body of 210, of whom 33% identify as Aboriginal. Gilgandra High School has a strong tradition of academic, agricultural and sporting success, with skilled teachers with a broad range of experiences who value academic excellence and cater for all student learning styles and abilities. Gilgandra High School has two Multi-Categorical classes and one Emotional Disturbance class, catering for students with special needs. The systems for student behaviour and learning are supported through the Wellbeing Framework and Wellbeing Hub (Bundyi Baayay), underpinning the strong student wellbeing ethos in the school. Students consistently achieve their desired post school options, including university placement, apprenticeships and traineeships.
Gilgandra High School has well-maintained facilities, including three trade-training centres, self-sustaining aquaponics unit, relationships with tertiary institutions and Wiradjuri language; providing an inclusive curriculum, ensuring student interests, academic levels and goals are supported. Our school has strong relationships with the feeder primary schools in the area who support our effective transition programs.
We welcome community involvement in our school and have an active parent body who, through their support, enrich our students' learning experiences and school culture. We value the contribution that the Gilgandra school community makes to the future directions of the school and we value feedback from across all sectors of the school community. As such, we have provided opportunities for the students, staff and the school community to engage in consultation and feedback via a number of channels throughout the year.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience in teaching students with challenging behaviours, moderate intellectual disabilities and behaviour difficulties.
- Proven ability to differentiate the curriculum by developing and implementing authentic, explicit, data informed and engaging teaching and learning programs and individualised Personal Learning and Support Plans to meet the needs of diverse learners using a range of communication systems.
- Proven commitment to building a school culture of high expectations, celebrating growth for all, and embedding authentic Aboriginal culture and perspectives into teaching and learning programs.
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
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (Conditions Apply).
A Relocation Support Payment of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.
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.