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About this job
Position Information
Wauchope Public School (WPS) currently has an enrolment of 600, including 192 Aboriginal students. The school is located 20km west of Port Macquarie and is a member of the Bago Community of Schools. WPS has a caring, inviting, inclusive and positive school culture. This culture is made possible due to an experienced, enthusiastic, dedicated staff and an active and committed parent body and community. The school is committed to ongoing improvement in all aspects of student learning with an emphasis on literacy, numeracy and information technology. There is a strong commitment to student welfare, student leadership, creative arts, sport, gifted and talented and special needs students.
Wauchope PS has seven Supported learning classes.
Further information about the school may be accessed at www.wauchope-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Infants and Primary, with demonstrated ability to effectively manage an inclusive classroom that promotes high expectations and fosters a sense of belonging and engagement in a diverse school setting.
Demonstrated ability to use explicit teaching practices and differentiation across literacy and numeracy to support student learning and achievement.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to build positive partnerships with students, colleagues, parents and the wider community to improve student learning outcomes.
Commitment to and demonstrated skills in leading and contributing to extracurricular programs that provide opportunities for students to achieve, develop and excel beyond the classroom.
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.