Teacher Music - Wagga Wagga High School

Wagga Wagga High School (WWHS) was established in 1912 and moved to its present site, initiating the name “the high school on the hill”, in 1917. The school is a large co–educational, inclusive, comprehensive high school situated in a large regional centre. The enrolment for 2024 is 884 students including an Indigenous population of 93 and an ESL population of over 100 students, many of whom were once refugees from Africa, Burma and the Middle East. Almost 40 languages are spoken in the school. The school has a broad range of programs which include: an academic selective class in each of Years 7 to 10, a Year 10 engagement and vocation class, a highly effective learning support team, an excellent performing arts program, a broad vocational education program, an extensive careers program and inclusive support classes for students with disabilities. The school has the core values of Respect, Responsibility and Challenge and there are proactive student welfare programs to enhance student wellbeing. The school has excellent facilities with a Trade Training Centre for vocational education, a commercial kitchen which includes a student run café, a ten-hectare farm for rural education, assembly hall, sporting facilities including a gymnasium and well landscaped school grounds. The school has a committed and dynamic teaching, administrative and executive staff with a range of experience and an active and involved Parents & Citizens Association. Close links have been established with partner primary schools, Charles Sturt University, the Riverina Institute of TAFE and the wider community.

Approval to teach Music.

Demonstrated capacity to effectively differentiate teaching and learning to engage, challenge and cater for a diverse range of student’s needs, in the area of Music which includes practical lessons.

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills to work collaboratively as part of a team to contribute to faculty and whole school programs.

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.