Position Information
Maroubra Junction Public School is situated on Bidjigal land in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and has 491 students enrolled K-6. One percent of our students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and approximately 55% of our students have English as an additional language or dialect. We enjoy modern facilities, including a lift and ramp for ease of accessibility, and spacious grounds that are well landscaped and maintained. We offer two Community Languages Programs - Greek and Chinese, and Dharawal classes in Kindergarten in support of our local Aboriginal community's drive to revitalise the language. We have a newly introduced opportunity class, with high potential and gifted education across all classes a core component of our School Excellence Plan. We provide opportunities for our staff to continuously build their capabilities to ensure every student experiences high quality teaching. We offer a range of extracurricular activities to add to the development of students' interests and talents. At our school, learning is visible and teachers and students adopt a positive growth mindset when faced with challenges in their learning and/or adversities in life. Our core values of respect, learning and safety underpin our expectations that utilise the ethos of Positive Behaviours for Learning programs. High expectations lend themselves to improvement in student outcomes, building the capacity of all stakeholders, and engaging as a school community.
At our school, the Community Languages program is structured as whole-class groups with two lessons per group per week. Each Community Languages Teacher has their own community language classroom where students can be immersed in an environment which reflects the target language and its nuances.
Selection Criteria
* Approval to teach
* Knowledge of the modern languages syllabus and Greek language and culture, and demonstrated knowledge and understanding of explicit teaching and ongoing assessment and feedback to differentiate the curriculum to meet the needs of diverse Greek language learners
* Demonstrated ability to create and manage safe and engaging learning environments which support positive behaviour and wellbeing to promote high expectations and student success
* Demonstrated ability to work independently, and collaboratively with students, staff and the school community
* Experience in involving the Greek-speaking community in teaching and learning programs
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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