Teacher Preschool - 1.0 FTE - Ongoing - Menindee Central School

NSW Department of Education; Menindee; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Menindee Central School seeks an experienced preschool teacher with an ACECQA approved teaching qualification to lead early childhood learning. The role emphasizes child safety, trauma-informed practice, and building strong relationships with students, families and the wider community.

The successful candidate will plan and deliver a preschool program aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework, employing play-based and intentional teaching approaches while contributing to the Connected

Qualifications

• Must have an ACECQA approved teaching qualification.
• Commitment to child safety and safeguarding practices.
• Ability to collaborate with families and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Teach preschool with ACECQA approved qualification.
• Implement National Quality Framework, NQS standards and Early Years Learning Framework.
• Build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Collaborate with the whole school team and external agencies to design and evaluate preschool programs.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Community engagement

Education

ACECQA approved teaching qualification

Job description

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 programmes 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. 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 programme 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 recognising, responding and reporting concerns and taking part in ongoing training and improvement of child safe practices. 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 programme 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 programmes transitions for students into primary school. A commitment to embedding cultural responsiveness into the preschool programme. An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.

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.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion webpage.