Teacher English as an Additional Language/Dialect - Casula Public School

Casula Public School is located in South Western Sydney and has a student enrolment of 700, including 72% who have a background other than English and 27 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. There are 501 EAL/D students and over 50 languages (other than English) are spoken at home. The school has an Opportunity Class, with 30 students enrolled, consisting of 15 Year 5 and 15 Year 6 students. The staff at Casula Public School are committed to maintaining a culture of high expectations throughout the school to challenge and engage students to fully develop their potential in relation to positive behaviour, motivation, self-esteem, attendance, and academic success. Our teachers and students continually strive to become skilled collaborators, communicators, critical and creative thinkers.   At Casula Public School, rich and engaging opportunities are provided for students to participate and excel in a variety of extracurricular activities. Positive Behaviour for Learning supports student wellbeing and promotes a safe and supportive school culture, where every child is known, valued, and cared for.  For further information please visit our school website: https://casula-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ 

1. Approval to teach primary English as a second language or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved postgraduate qualification for teaching English as a second language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education.
2. Demonstrated evidence-leading professional learning and collaborating with staff to incorporate EALD strategies into daily classroom practice.
3. Ability to use assessment tools, ESL Scales and EALD Learning Progressions to assess student language development and inform programming.
4. High level interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively as part of team member and form meaningful connection with families and the community to enhance learning and wellbeing outcomes for EAL/D students.

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.

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 (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) 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.