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About this job
Position Information
Sylvania High School is a comprehensive high school located in the Sutherland Shire and residing on the land of the Dharawal speaking people. The student population is approximately 740 drawn with approximately 55% EAL/D students. The staff are committed to sustaining a positive learning culture that has ensured the school is highly valued by the community. Our school has a well-established reputation for outstanding academic, performing & creative arts and sporting achievements. The school has highly successful leadership, wellbeing and activism programs that enable students to develop their skills to be well prepared for the world beyond school. The school's core values of respect and responsibility resonate across and within learning and wellbeing programs and the curriculum encourages students to develop essential skills for now and into the future, promoting both personal and interpersonal dispositions for learning. The school has a Support Unit with three Autism (AU) classes, and one Intellectually Moderate and Autism (I/O, AU) class. The school already proudly advocates for equal access and opportunity for all students in inclusive learning environments.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Industrial Technology Timber and Technology Mandatory.
Evidence of effective classroom practice that includes the ability to cater for students with a diverse range of learning needs through differentiated curriculum, classroom management and integration of technology.
Demonstrated ability to work as a collaborative member of the TAS faculty and contribute to faculty programs and resources.
Well-developed interpersonal, communicative, and organisational skills to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the community.
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.