AddressSouth Grafton High School is a rural, comprehensive, coeducational High School of over 700 students, 64 teaching and 17 non-teaching staff. Many of our students come from a low SES background and 27% of them identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. South Grafton High School is located on the southern side of the Clarence River, in the heart of the Clarence Valley and within easy driving distance of Coffs Harbour, Yamba and Maclean. The school has excellent facilities including an agricultural farm, modern science laboratories, a Trade Training Centre for our Construction course and industry standard kitchens for our Hospitality course. In addition to this, our classroom teaching spaces are being upgraded to provide learning environments that are functional and engaging.
Our school provides learning environments that cater for individual student learning needs, as well as opportunities that allow all students to develop to their full potential. This includes an integrated model that supports five MC classes, an ED class and a Tutorial class. In addition to this, the school funds a Transition Learning Centre (TLC), which supports students struggling with the demands of mainstream classes, a Clontarf Academy, which provides targeted support to our Aboriginal boys and a STARS Academy to provide similar support to our Aboriginal girls.
South Grafton High School has a supportive P&C and works closely with the local AECG.
Selection Criteria- Approval to teach Careers or currently enrolled in the Careers Adviser qualification approved by the NSW Department of Education (Refer to special note below).
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of career pathways and processes required to support post school pathways, including School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships, university applications, VET courses and other pathways.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to work as part of a collaborative team.
- Demonstrated ability to engage community agencies and parents in authentic partnerships to build their understanding of all viable options for their child and the importance of high expectations and aspirations in education.
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
Special note: If applicable, engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Careers Adviser qualification as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months.
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.
