Teacher Preschool - 1.0 FTE - Ongoing - Menindee Central School

Teaching Service; Menindee; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Menindee Central School in the Far West of NSW is seeking a Preschool teacher to join our community hub and support early learning and wellbeing.

You will hold an ACECQA-approved preschool teaching qualification, implement the Early Years Learning Framework and collaborate with staff, families and external agencies to support Aboriginal students and culturally responsive learning. WWCC clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach preschool with ACECQA approved qualification.
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards.
• Commitment to child safety, wellbeing, and rights.
• Ability to plan a preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework.
• Experience in play-based and intentional teaching strategies.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students and families.

Skills

ACECQA preschool teaching

National Quality Framework

Play-based learning

Intentional teaching

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Cultural responsiveness

Education

ACECQA approved preschool qualification

Job description

Position Information

Menindee Central School is the hub of the Menindee township, situated on the banks of the Darling River, approximately 1100km from Sydney, in the Far West of NSW.

The school has a current enrolment of approximately 80 students, including 85% Aboriginal students. The school has a supportive Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and community. Our motivated and caring staff inspire children to develop a lifelong love of learning through a collaborative, trauma-informed approach. We provide innovative and challenging educational programs and pedagogies, while continually striving for improvement and excellence in teaching and learning.

Menindee Central School has a strong focus on inclusive and explicit teaching practices, ensuring that every student is known, valued and supported. Individual wellbeing and academic needs are carefully considered to create an environment where each student can thrive.

Menindee Central School is part of the Connected Communities Strategy. Connected Communities is a strategy to drive improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people. The strategy positions schools as community hubs that broaden the influence of the community and school leadership in the delivery of key services that support children and young people from birth through school into further training, study and employment.

Selection Criteria

Approval to teach preschool holding an ACECQA approved teaching qualification, with working knowledge of and ability to implement the National Quality Framework including Early Childhood Education and Care National Law & Regulations and National Quality Standards.

Demonstrated commitment to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children.

Demonstrated capacity to plan and implement a preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework, including a thorough understanding of age-appropriate pedagogies including play-based learning and intentional teaching.

Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds through excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills to manage the complexity of a preschool setting.

Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a whole school team, including specialist school-based staff and external agencies, to design, implement and evaluate effective programs transitions for students into primary school.

A commitment to embedding cultural responsiveness into the preschool program.

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 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. The department is committed to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children.

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. 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 Diversity and Inclusion webpage.

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To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format.

Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

Additional Information

Our public preschool is an approved early childhood education and care service, operating under the requirements of the National Quality Framework. We provide a safe, secure and quality play-based and intentional educational program to support every child to make a strong start in life and learning and experience a successful transition to school. We are committed to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children. This role includes clear child safety responsibilities, including mandatory reporting, and requires a strong commitment to maintaining a child-safe environment by recognizing, responding and reporting concerns and taking part in ongoing training and improvement of child safe practices.