AddressQueanbeyan South Public School provides a dynamic and inclusive educational environment for 420 students located close to the border of the Australian Capital Territory on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. Students represent 35 cultural backgrounds with 25% identifying as Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander. The school has four district Supported Learning Classes and one district Opportunity Class for gifted and talented students. It also has an onsite Ngurranbai Transition to School Program running three days a week. The school has an extensive Kitchen Garden Program. The school’s educational culture is driven by quality teaching with a highly-skilled professional staff enhancing student opportunities through continuous professional learning. The school looks to embrace opportunities in support of students’ learning and wellbeing. The school’s student welfare and discipline policy is underpinned and supported by the Positive Behaviour for Success program with its core values of Respect, Responsibility and Safety. Throughout the school there is a strong emphasis on Performing Arts, Public Speaking, ICT, sporting teams and clinics. Other curricular programs include the community language of Macedonian.
Selection Criteria· Approval to teach Infants and Primary (K-6) with demonstrated knowledge to deliver high quality, literacy and numeracy programs with the use of data to inform differentiated teaching and learning.
· Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to encourage and build on student family relationships.
· Commitment to and understanding of Aboriginal Education with a demonstrated capacity to develop and implement highly effective and culturally appropriate learning experiences and programs.
· Ability and willingness to contribute to whole school positive wellbeing programs and extracurricular activities, included but not limited to coordinating sport, to support the positive culture within the school.
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 NotesApplicants 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.
