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About this job
Position Information
Spring Farm Public School, located in a rapidly expanding housing estate near Camden in Sydney’s south-west, is a modern institution with a diverse student body. The Dharawal people are the traditional custodians of this land. Established in April 2016, the school currently serves 860 students from various cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds. This includes a 26% population of students from Language Backgrounds Other Than English (LBOTE), representing 48 cultures, and 54 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students. Given the suburb’s growth, the school anticipates a continued increase in student numbers. From its initial 60 students, the population has expanded significantly. This growth, combined with a transient community, necessitates a robust induction process for new students, staff, and community members. Spring Farm Public School was designed for 500 students, including four support classes. The facility supports an innovative learning environment aimed at providing quality education. The school focuses on equipping students with academic and social skills necessary for future success and encourages global citizenship and lifelong learning. Students can engage in various extracurricular activities such as Arts, Sports, leadership, and public speaking. To enhance student outcomes, the school emphasises high expectations, effective assessment, feedback, and data analysis in literacy and numeracy. Teaching practices are evidence-based, aiming for excellence. The school fosters strong partnerships among students, staff, and the community, sharing responsibility for student growth and wellbeing. For more information, including the school plan and annual report, visit the school’s website: Spring Farm Public School.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach special education and/or a willingness to teach students with a mild to severe intellectual and/or physical disability, mental health, Autism Spectrum Disorder, behavioural difficulties and complex learning needs.
Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate quality differentiated literacy and numeracy programs catering to the needs of students with a disability.
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team to enhance positive relationships across the whole school community including students, staff, families and external agencies.
Proven ability to implement strong classroom management strategies and wellbeing programs with a strong focus on developing a positive learning environment that promotes inclusion and student success.
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 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.