Position Information
Sandy Beach Public School is a K-6 school that serves a diverse community and is a part of the Northern Beach Community of Schools. It is located 20 km north of Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast. In 2025, approximately 15% of its students identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. The school comprises of 13 mainstream classes and 2 support classes with current enrolment of 339 students. The school is committed to maintaining high expectations while continuously improving educational outcomes for all students and staff. Our school enjoys strong parent and community support who are actively involved in decision-making to benefit the education of their children. Sandy Beach Public School provides evidence based teaching and learning programs with a focus on the quality teaching of literacy and numeracy, differentiated to meet the needs of individual students.
Selection Criteria
* Approval to teach Library or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Library qualifications approved by the Department of Education.
* Well-developed skills in managing student behaviour, engagement, and wellbeing, with a proven capacity to support students from diverse backgrounds including those with disabilities and special needs.
* Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills with the capacity to work collaboratively with students, staff, parents and the wider community to enhance student learning and engagement.
* Capacity to contribute to whole school wellbeing and learning programs, promoting a reading culture and supporting the development of literacy, including students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
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 Teacher Library qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education which must be completed within 24 months.
This is a permanent part-time position of 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 ) 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.