Teacher English - Cowra High School

Cowra High School is a comprehensive rural school with an increasing enrolment of 537 students, including approximately 20% Aboriginal students. The school is an integral part of the Cowra township, situated in the Central West of NSW. Students enrolled at Cowra High School come from a broad range of socio-economic backgrounds. Through quality teaching, Cowra High School seeks to prepare students to fulfil their potential and pursue excellence in all fields of endeavour. We value culture and positive self-worth to empower students to lead purposeful lives, contributing to local and global communities to succeed in a dynamic world. We strive to provide a holistic and inclusive education for all learners, fostering resilience and creating curious, confident, respectful and responsible learners. The Cowra community has high expectations of educational achievement for all students. Staff professional learning is strategically planned with a focus on instructional leadership where all students are working towards achieving more than one year’s growth for one year of learning. Cowra High School is committed to developing a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture as a path to reconciliation and a positive future. Students pursue excellence through engagement in academic, sporting, cultural and creative and performing arts. We embrace a variety of cultures and celebrate this in all we do. We foster this inclusivity through our ties to our national history, Seikei and Camden exchange programs and participation in community events. In addition, the sharing of culture of our First Australians is embedded in everyday life at Cowra High School.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. Applicants must have:

• Approval to teach English 7-12 and Drama.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and collegially within an experienced English/CAPA faculty, including the commitment to participate in whole school initiatives
• Demonstrated ability in the use of data to improve student performance
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to build positive relationships with the students, staff, parents and the wider community

The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000. (Conditions apply)

A relocation support package of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.

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.

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.