**Position Information**:
The Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Education is a unique institution in the NSW educational landscape. The CoE currently delivers AgSTEM programs to 136 Richmond Agricultural College students, with a full capacity of up to 600 college students. It will also host students and teachers from across NSW. The Centre currently operates from TAFE/WSU facilities on the Hawkesbury campus whilst our facility on the WSU campus is being finalised. The new facility will include a school, operational farm, short stay residential and conference facility. The Centre delivers high quality, transdisciplinary AgSTEM programs utilising design thinking and partnered learning experiences to students K-12 across NSW and a specialised secondary curriculum to the AgSTEM specialty and selective streams of Richmond Agricultural College. The Centre is also responsible for delivering teacher professional learning across NSW. The programs developed by the Centre are focused on the pillars of Agriculture, STEM, Sustainability, Aboriginal Knowledges and transition pathways. The Centre partners with Western Sydney University, TAFE, industry and community. As a campus of Richmond Agricultural College AgSTEM specialist and selective students spend 60% of their week at the Centre. Students follow NESA prescribed hours, content and outcomes in a pattern of study delivered in a transdisciplinary model.
**Selection Criteria**:
1. Approval to teach primary or secondary library, or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education
2. Proven capacity and skills, including information technology skills to establish and manage a virtual library.
3. Proven capacity to develop and deliver research focussed curriculum for students and teachers K-12 with an AgSTEM focus.
4. Ability to work within a team to integrate research and wellbeing capabilities into a curriculum that would align with the Centre's transdisciplinary and design thinking focus.
5. Knowledge, understanding and commitment to Aboriginal education and the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy.
6. Demonstrated skills in establishing partnerships with external stakeholders and community that would enhance the research opportunities and learner capabilities aligned to the Centre's K-12 curriculum.
7. Willingness to deliver whole school programs such as, public speaking, junior journalism and conference workshops to maximise outcomes for a diverse range of learners within our State and College programs.
8. Willingness to develop and deliver transdisciplinary curriculum to AgSTEM selective and specialty classes.
**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Teacher Librarian qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 24 months.
The Centre will not have a physical library. But given our State delivery K-12 and co-location, we will operate a virtual library. The teacher librarian position is a teaching position
**About the NSW Department of Education