Teacher English/Drama - Young High School

Young High School is a rural comprehensive high school located in Wiradjuri Country approximately 4 hours south-west of Sydney and 2 hours from Canberra and Wagga Wagga. We have a strong focus on academic growth and developing resilience, empathy, acceptance and teamwork across the school community. The school has an enrolment of 530 students from diverse social backgrounds, including 13% Aboriginal students and an increasing Muslim student enrolment which is currently 8%. In addition we have a support unit consisting of 5 support multi categorical ( MC ) classes. The school works closely with the local community. The school receives significant equity funding which allows for the introduction of new programs and initiatives to boost student-learning outcomes. For information on living in Young, please go to https://www.visithilltopsregion.com.au/towns-villages/young/ which will provide applicants with additional information about where the school is located.

1. Approval to teach English ( Years 7 -12) and Drama ( Years 7-12 ) and a willingness to develop a range of extra -curricular activities and opportunities for the students in these areas.
2. Demonstrated capacity to use data and evidenced based classroom practice and deliver engaging, challenging and differentiated programs that meet student learning needs and foster a culture of high expectations.
3. Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively on faculty and whole school projects and the ability to build positive relationships with staff, students, parents and the community.
4. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department of Education's Aboriginal Education policies and the ability to improve the educational outcomes of aboriginal and Torres strait Islander students.

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.