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Teacher Music - Riverstone High School

Teacher Music - Riverstone High School

NSW Department of Education

Sydney

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
11 May 2021

Job overview

Location

 Sydney Region   

 
Advertisement Number A900098731

Number of Positions

 1
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $127,157.00. Base salary ranges from $72,263.00 to $114,720.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
School Name Riverstone High School
Principal Network Quakers Hill
Staffing Area Blacktown
 FTE 1.000

Contact Name James Witchard
Contact Phone number 02 9627 1484

Closing Date

 12-May-2021

Job Category

 Teachers

Organisation

 Teaching Service 
Position Information 

Riverstone High School is a co-educational 7-12 high school situated in the north-west growth corridor of Sydney and is one of four high schools in the Nirimba Collegiate. As of 2021, Riverstone High School has a year 11 cohort and will return to a full 7-12 setting in 2022.

There are currently 495 students enrolled, including 56 Aboriginal students and a maximum of 52 students in the well regarded Support Unit, comprising of two classes for students with mild intellectual disability and three multi-categorical classes. The school has strong links with partner primary schools at Riverstone, Schofields, Marsden Park and Vineyard, has two new partner primary schools in Galungara PS and Northbourne PS and is an integral member of the Nirimba Learning Community. Riverstone High School is strongly supported by the local community, with many students having a multi-generational connection to the school. Rapid expansion of local infrastructure and a school refurbishment program are having a significant impact on the school community and enrolments are expected to continue to increase.

  
Specific Selection Criteria 
  1. Approval to teach Music. Willingness to teach Visual Arts.
  2. Ability to develop and deliver quality programs and differentiate the curriculum to meet the needs of a diverse range of learners.
  3. Ability to develop and contribute to whole school creative and performing arts initiatives and events.
  4. Highly developed interpersonal skills with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with the wider school community and actively contribute to student learning initiatives beyond the classroom.
  
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 

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format.
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 in effect on positions advertised from Wednesday 10th June 2020. The guidelines are located at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/roles-and-locations/roles-at-education/teaching/addressing-selection-criteria.html

 

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