Teacher English as an Additional Language – Prairievale Public School

Teacher English as an Additional Language – Prairievale Public School – 0000AQOL

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Location

Sydney Region 

Advertisement Number A900137012

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $146,635.00. Base salary ranges from $85,000.00 to $129,948.00, plus leave loading and employer’s contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

School Name Prairievale Public School

Principal Network Cowpasture

Staffing Area Fairfield

FTE 1.000

Contact Name Maja Djuka

Contact Phone number 02 9604 0922

Contact School Admin – 99999999

Closing Date

09-Oct-2024, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service 

Position Information Prairievale Public School is a P3 school in Bossley Park on Dharug Land. It has an enrolment of 402, with 92% of students from a language background other than English. The school’s community represents a wonderfully diverse range of cultures, which includes 39 different language backgrounds. It has seven Diverse Learner Classes for students with Autism and Intellectual disabilities and emphasises inclusivity in all aspects of its operations. Prairievale Public School has a strong welfare platform that supports students learning and promotes proactive and preventative behaviour support. The school is a Positive Behaviour for Learning School that implements trauma-informed practices to promote a safe space for children and families to learn and interact. The school actively promotes continuous improvement and successful learner qualities. Our classrooms promote high expectations through culturally rich learning, rich dialogue, visible learning strategies, formative and summative assessments to guide student learning, and differentiated and challenging learning opportunities for all students. We have a strong emphasis on embedded digital technologies and STEAM into all classrooms. Our school provides the ideal environment and context for our students to learn and a range of interpersonal, social and thinking skills that will lead them to become confident lifelong learners. The school provides rich, diverse extra-curricular opportunities through school and our Community of Schools partnerships.

Specific Selection Criteria 

Approval to teach K-6. Approval to teach primary English as a second language or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a second language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education

Ability to effectively co-planning and co-teach with classroom teachers integrating EAL/D strategies into mainstream lessons to support language development.

Demonstrated capacity to create culturally responsive and inclusive learning environments that engage with parents and the wider community to support the learning and wellbeing of EAL/D students.

Ability to use assessment tools, ESL scales and EAL/D progressions to inform instructional planning and target language development.

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 It is anticipated that this position will commence on 31 January 2025.

If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a second language (K-6 or secondary) as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months

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. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ([email protected]) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.

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