AddressColeambally Central School is a vibrant Kindergarten to Year 12 rural school with approximately 160 students located on Wiradjuri land in the Riverina Region. The school population includes 19% students identifying as Aboriginal and a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 115.
Enrolment draws from the townships of Coleambally and Darlington Point and from a large, surrounding farming area and is situated on a spacious and idyllic setting adjacent to the Coleambally business district. The school incorporates Tirkandi Inaburra, an off-site unit that provides both EDBD education and Aboriginal cultural emersion. Up to 14 Aboriginal boys attend Tirkandi Inaburra as shared enrolment – Coleambally Central School and their home school – over one school term in a residential setting.
Coleambally Central School strives to provide high quality and individualised education characterised by effective teaching and learning in a caring environment to meet the present and future needs of all students in partnership with our families and the community.
Selection Criteria1. Approval to teach Infants and Primary (K-6) with demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching practices, developing and delivering high quality differentiated and inclusive programs in literacy and numeracy.
2. A demonstrated capacity to contribute to a strong school culture of co-teaching and innovative teaching and learning practices.
3. Well developed communication and organisational skills with a demonstrated ability to build and strengthen relationships and partnerships between school staff, students, parents and the wider community.
4. Willingness and skills to implement extracurricular programs to engage students.
ConditionsAn 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.
