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About this job
Position Information
Riverstone High School is committed to quality teaching, learning, and wellbeing. We are committed to supporting, encouraging, and engaging every member of our school community to thrive through a culture of high expectations. The cultural demographic of the school has expanded significantly over recent years, with 45% of students now representing a language background other than English, 25% English as an additional language or dialect. 11% students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. With a current enrolment of 800 students and a staff of 90, the school is experiencing substantial growth.
The school prioritises partnerships with our local primary schools. With the rapid growth in the area, we welcome and support new families to the Riverstone High School community throughout the year.
Riverstone High School provides a broad curriculum for students from Years 7 to 12 and incorporates a wide selection of subjects including Vocational Education pathways. Students have the option of accessing Nirimba Collegiate.
Education provision includes an Inclusive Education Unit of 7 classes for students with mild intellectual and multi-categorical disabilities. Students in the Inclusive Education Unit have the opportunity to integrate into mainstream electives and senior courses through individualised, student-centred patterns of study.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism (Secondary)
- Ability to work collaboratively with faculty members to develop, implement and evaluate programs that support student growth.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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.