Teacher English - Warialda High School

Educationhq; Warialda; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Warialda High School in New South Wales invites applications for two Teacher English positions. You will design and deliver high-quality English teaching programs, foster student engagement and literacy, and contribute to whole-school learning initiatives.

Unconditional full approval to teach is required. The Department of Education diversity and inclusion guidelines apply; applicants from all backgrounds are welcome.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach English.
• Demonstrated capacity to design, develop and evaluate high-quality English teaching and learning programs that foster student engagement, intellectual challenge and meaningful learning.
• Demonstrated experience in developing teaching practices with a focus on explicit teaching and formative assessment, resulting in an upward shift in student engagement and literacy outcomes.

Skills

English teaching

Explicit teaching

Formative assessment

Student engagement

Education

Bachelor of Education or teaching qualification

Job description

Warialda High School is a Yr 7 to 12 comprehensive High School of 212 students, of which 20% are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students. A large proportion of students come from rural properties, and family incomes fluctuate with farming conditions. We are a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school that maintains strong HSC & NAPLAN results with school-wide reading, writing and numeracy approaches focused on improving student learning in the classroom. The majority of students possess a strong work ethic, a sense of community and inclusivity, and highly value education and extracurricular sports. Currently, a third to half of all senior students are engaged in a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship, with a third continuing onto tertiary studies. Often, our students are sought out for employment across NSW and interstate.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach English.
• Demonstrated capacity to design, develop and evaluate high-quality English teaching and learning programs that foster student engagement, intellectual challenge and meaningful learning.
• Demonstrated experience in developing teaching practices with a focus on explicit teaching and formative assessment, resulting in an upward shift in student engagement and literacy outcomes.

Conditions

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.

Special Notes

This advertisement is for two Teacher English positions at Warialda High School.

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 from 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. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

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