Teacher - Languages - French

Swdc; Bunbury; Hybrid; AUD 88,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 percent employer contributions to a

12 weeks’ vacation leave

Job summary

Bunbury Senior High School in Bunbury, WA, seeks an energetic French teacher to join a high-performing team. You will deliver the Western Australian Curriculum in an engaging way, focusing on developing students' language skills, knowledge, and understanding.

Strong interpersonal skills are essential to collaborate with students, parents and colleagues. The successful applicant will contribute to a positive culture of success, linking learning to real-world experiences and pathways beyond

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of the Western Australian Curriculum.
• Ability to deliver content in an engaging manner.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with students, colleagues and parents.
• Active contribution to a positive culture of success.

Responsibilities

• Teach French to senior high school students in line with WA Curriculum.
• Deliver content in an engaging and purposeful way to develop student skills and understanding.
• Collaborate with peers to align curriculum and assessment.
• Contribute to real-world connections and pathways beyond school.

Skills

French teaching

WA Curriculum knowledge

Engaging delivery

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Division: Independent Public School - Southwest Education Region

Salary: Teacher, $88,178 - $127,737 per annum (pro-rata) (SEA GA 2023)

This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2027

The School

Bunbury Senior High School (SHS) is perched on a hill overlooking both the cityscape of Bunbury and the extensive Bunbury beach front. It makes use of its location, extending the boundaries of the campus into the city, to provide students with a unique, rich learning experience in real world settings totally intertwined with the city itself.

The school’s historically listed buildings and exciting new additions symbolise its past and its future in education. Bunbury SHS is not just historically significant to Western Australia, it is a public secondary school whose reputation for care, teacher quality and innovative approach to curriculum implementation is changing the face of education within the South West Region. And it is doing so with impressive results!

The commitment of the leadership team to align system priorities while scanning the education horizons for best practice created the Bunbury SHS three-step philosophy enabling students to maximise their academic potential, resulting in high performance across a range of learning, social and civic outcomes.

Bunbury SHS is seeking an energetic and passionate French teacher to join their high performing team.

The successful applicant should ideally possess excellent knowledge of the Western Australian Curriculum and be capable of delivering content in an engaging manner. They will provide students with a purposeful learning experience, tailored to develop student’s skills, knowledge and understanding related to Languages.

They should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective interaction with students, colleagues, and parents. Additionally, they should be highly effective team members, actively contributing to a positive culture of success where students are motivated to achieve their personal best. We place value on linking learning with real-world experiences, ensuring students gain currency for pathways beyond school.

At Bunbury SHS teachers have a growth mindset. They believe intelligence can be developed in students, they embrace challenge and engage in feedback processes. Professional knowledge on instructional skills, theories, concepts and tactics, together with knowledge of Lemov’s strategies in developing high expectations is a focus of curriculum delivery at Bunbury SHS.

Our teaching practice fosters a safe and accountable learning environment that is engaging and encourages students to engage in higher-order thinking. We adhere to a shared instructional framework and base our teaching practices on thorough analysis of student results, feedback, and collaborative efforts with peers. For further insights into our curriculum delivery at Bunbury SHS, please refer to the attached document titled \"The Best Teachers\".

Professional Benefits

Working for the Department of Education comes with a wide range of benefits designed to support both your professional and personal well-being. These benefits include competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, extensive training and career development opportunities, and attractive leave provisions. Here are some of the key benefits you will enjoy:

• 12 percent employer contributions to superannuation
• 12 weeks’ vacation leave (school holidays)

Mobility appointments for permanent metropolitan and south westteachers

Eligible permanent teachers who hold a substantive teaching position in a North or South Education Region school, or a South WestEducation Region school* may elect to undertake this role as a 3-year mobility appointment, with a right of return to their substantive position.At the cessation of the 3-year mobility appointment, teachers can elect to return to their substantive role, or transfer permanently into this school.

*Note that south westteachers are not eligible to move to another south west school under this trial.

Want to know more?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Sarah James, Program Coordinator Humanities on [phone] or emailing [e-mail] .

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment. More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website .
• apply for a WA Working with Children Check before you start; and

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 18 November 2026