Position Information
North Kellyville Public School is a large growing school in the North West of Sydney. Having opened in 2019, there is a current enrollment of 1,070 students. The school currently has 43 mainstream classes and 4 MC support classes. 71% of students enrolled are from non-English speaking backgrounds and there are a small number of Aboriginal students. The school's educational model features high levels of collaboration between staff. A "Home & Co" model sees teachers and students work in interconnected classrooms with aims to further improve communication and enhance understandings of individual student progress across the curriculum. The school has an extensive range of extra-curricular activities for students to participate in and is well supported by an engaged P&C and parent community. Students, staff members, parents and community groups develop a positive identity and sense of belonging to the school, supported by shared values of respect, responsibility, resilience and dreaming big.
Selection Criteria
* Approval to teach students with learning and support needs [primary/secondary] in regular classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers.
* Proven outstanding teaching practices and the ability to build capacity in classroom teachers to plan, implement and monitor adjustments made for individual student needs.
* Capacity to collaborate effectively with the school’s executive and learning and support teams and an understanding of processes involved in accessing departmental support as required.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that positively contribute to the whole school culture and promote a collaborative approach with staff, students, families and external providers.
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.
Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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 .