Teacher - English as an Additional Language/Dialect - Belmore Boys High School

NSW Department of Education; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmore Boys' High School in Sydney is seeking an educator who can design and implement high-performance teaching and learning culture, focusing on capacity building in students and strong community engagement.

The successful candidate will demonstrate EAL/D expertise, effective collaboration with staff, and a commitment to inclusive literacy and wellbeing across a diverse student cohort.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D).
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally and linguistically diverse school community.
• Collaborate with mainstream teachers to embed EAL/D strategies and lead professional learning.
• Create structured, supportive learning environments with culturally responsive practices in a boys’ school.
• Unconditional full teaching approval is required.

Skills

EAL/D teaching

Diversity & inclusion

Collaborative leadership

Classroom management

Teaching approval

Job description

Belmore Boys' High School

Belmore Boys' High School, specialises in boys’ education, focusing on the academic, social and emotional growth of its students. Set in southwestern Sydney, its 640 students and 70 teaching and non-teaching staff form a community that focuses on the holistic development of each of its members. The diverse student population represents 35 languages with 98% of students from language backgrounds other than English. With a FOI of 142 and ICSEA is 948, school operations are underpinned by leading excellence for equity in the pursuit of exceptional post school outcomes. The learning environment at BBHS provides students with tailored learning experiences through planned, explicit and differentiated learning activities. The school also offers a wide curriculum allowing students to successfully transition into a diverse range of future learning and employment opportunities. BBHS takes pride in being an inclusive community, working closely with local partners to ensure success for its students.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic educator who can demonstrate impactful design and implementation of high-performance teaching and learning culture through capacity building in students, high expectations and engagement with the community.

• Approval to teach English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D)
• Capacity to work effectively in a culturally and linguistically diverse school community, including supporting students from refugee and migrant backgrounds while fostering inclusive relationships across the school community
• Strong collaborative practice, including the ability to work with mainstream teachers to embed EAL/D strategies across the curriculum and contribute to whole-school literacy and targeted support initiatives including leading professional learning
• Effective classroom management and commitment to student engagement and wellbeing, including the ability to create structured, supportive learning environments using culturally responsive practices in a boys’ education setting
• An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people.

Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form).