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Form of workTeacher Science - Coomealla High School ($20K Recruitment Bonus plus $5-8k Relocation Support Payment) - 0000AHEN
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Regional NSW
Advertisement Number A900132614
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Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $145,985.00. Base salary ranges from $85,000.00 to $129,948.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
School Name Coomealla High School
Principal Network Connected Communities Team 2
Staffing Area Broken Hill
Contact Name Kathryn Steward
Contact Phone number 03 5027 4***
Contact School Admin - 99999999
Closing Date
13-Mar-2024, 5:00:00 AM
Job Category
Teachers
Organisation
Teaching Service
Coomealla High School is a comprehensive secondary school located close to the Murray River in the Far SW of NSW, near the Victorian Regional Centre of Mildura on Barkindji country. Mildura is a 20 min drive away and is a lively riverside town, with lots of great shops, sporting facilities, cafes, restaurants, wineries, galleries and a performing arts centre.
The school grounds are extensive and cover 23 acres including a productive farm, extensive sporting fields, a double covered COLA and well-equipped music studio. The school supports an active sporting and excursion program and values the involvement of the local community in enrichment opportunities for students. The school's staffing entitlement in 2023 is 38.0 teaching staff and 12 non-teaching staff. Staff are supportive, talented and caring and work collaboratively to deliver quality learning and wellbeing outcomes for our students.
Current student enrolment is 250 with a support unit of 4 classes. The school has 42% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 145, with 87% of students in the lowest two income quartiles. The school joined the Connected Communities Strategy in 2022 and is currently focused on building quality community partnerships and delivering an inclusive and engaging curriculum to enrich and improve outcomes for students. Our current plans for improvement include student growth in literacy and numeracy, retention to Year 12 and strengthening transition support at both ends of schooling.
We have an active and committed Parents and Citizens' (P&C) Association and strong ties to the local Aboriginal community and Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG).
1. Approval to teach Science (7-10) and Chemistry (11-12). Approval and/or Willingness to teach Physics.
2. Ability to work collaboratively to develop and successfully deliver high quality teaching and learning programs to a diverse student population.
3. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and willingness to actively engage with parents and community to support student learning.
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.
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (conditions apply) and a relocation support payment of $5,000 to $8,000 for eligible applicants.
Coomealla High School is a 6 point school and as such attracts additional benefits and incentives.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
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