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Form of workBarramurra Public School is a newly established primary school, opening at the commencement of 2021, located in the suburb of Oran Park in South Western Sydney. The school has a current enrolment of 1 038 students. Barramurra Public School serves a rapidly growing multicultural community with 59% of our students having a language background other than English. Our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds.
The school vision is of a high-performing, innovative school with an inspiring and inclusive school culture which promotes excellence, wellbeing and success for all. There is a commitment to ensuring that every student is provided with opportunities to achieve personal growth and success in all areas of school life through engaging, explicit and high impact teaching and learning.
Barramurra Public School has strong relationships with the community and provides a range of extra-curricula activities across all fields of endeavour which will facilitate all students the opportunity to excel through a range of experiences.
Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach primary English as a Second Language or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a Second Language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education.
- Demonstrated evidence in collaborating with staff to incorporate evidenced-based EAL/D strategies into daily classroom practice.
- Ability to use assessment tools, ESL Scales and EAL/D Learning Progressions to assess student language development, inform programming and differentiate for student need.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and 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
If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a Second Language (K-6 or secondary) as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months.
This is a permanent part-time position for 4 days per week 0.8 FTE (Full-time equivalent)
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 (*****@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.
