AddressWoodland Road Public School is located in St Helens Park, 5 km south of Campbelltown.
Our feed areas of Bradbury, Airds, St Helens Park and Wedderburn, are suburbs which are diverse in social and economic context, yet connected by the school. Set in an attractive, spacious, natural environment the school strives to provide quality teaching and learning programs to move children beyond their potential.
The student enrolment (273) includes Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students (14%), non-English speaking background students (36%) as well as students requiring additional support in learning, mobility and social skills. The school has 3 Support classes comprised of two Autism (AU) classes and a Multicategorical (MC) class.
The school motto "Thrive Through Opportunity" is clearly demonstrated by students achieving success in a caring environment. With a focus on literacy and numeracy, our experienced staff is able to differentiate learning to cater for the needs of the individual. The school is continuing to utilise emerging technologies to support learning.
Future focused skills are balanced with fundamentals, creative arts and sport to provide each child's education through active involvement in community events and classroom activities. The school is well supported by an active P&C.
Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students K-6 with behavioural difficulties, autism and mental health issues.
- Expertise developing and delivering high quality, individualised teaching and learning programs that are engaging and inspiring, in a multi-stage classroom with emphasis on social, emotional and behavioural needs of students.
- Demonstrated high level organisation, communication, and administrative skills with the ability to balance classroom teaching while fostering culture and diversity.
- Demonstrated ability to foster and build strong respectful and effective partnerships with all key stakeholders.
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
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.
