Position Information
Cabramatta High School is a comprehensive, coeducational high school located in Southwest Sydney. The school has a total student population of over 1550 students and includes an Intensive English Centre and Support Unit. 96% of students are from a language background other than English, with fifty-five cultural groups represented in the school. The school has a strong focus on academic excellence, collaborative practice, holistic education, wellbeing programs, innovative professional learning and community partnerships. The school and its community have a strong culture of high expectations in all learning areas. The teacher position is in the Intensive English Centre, including responsibilities to deliver quality teaching and learning, with an EAL/D focus, across a range of subjects to newly arrived migrant, refugee and international students.
Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach English as an Additional Language/Dialect (Secondary) and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, demonstrating the ability to support the language development of newly arrived students.
- Deep understanding of EAL/D pedagogy and the ability to embed differentiated EAL/D practice into teaching and learning programs.
- Demonstrated ability to support and engage newly arrived students through inclusive and culturally responsive practices.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to contribute collaboratively to faculty and whole school programs/initiatives.
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 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.
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 ([email protected]) 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.
