Teacher - English As An Additional Language Or Dialect

Description:

Parklea Public School is a metropolitan school located in a high socio-economic part of North-western Sydney. We have a student enrolment of approximately 580 with 59% of students identifying as speaking English as an Additional Language or Dialect. Our teaching staff includes a combination of both early career and experienced teachers.

Our school has a four-class Multi-categorical Support Unit with 28 students ranging from Kindergarten to Year 6.

Our school community believes that every student should be challenged, engaged, and empowered to learn and continually grow in a respectful and collaborative environment, building inclusive and trusting relationships. Our teachers are committed to providing students with a contemporary education that is strongly aligned with evidence-informed practices.

Our entire school community values Restorative Practices and focuses on building, maintaining, and restoring positive relationships.

Approval to teach Primary - English as an Additional Language or Dialect or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Primary - English as an Additional Language or Dialect qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and the wider school community.

Demonstrated capacity to be a positive, proactive, and collaborative team member to improve educational outcomes for students who identify as having English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EaLD).

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.

If applicable, engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the approved postgraduate qualification for teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect primary as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months.

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 (*****@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.

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