Head Teacher Intensive English Centre - Armidale College
NSW Department of Education
Armidale
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 April 2023
Job overview
Location
Regional NSWNumber of Positions
1Contact Name David Partridge
Closing Date
29-Mar-2023, 5:00:00 AMJob Category
TCH OtherOrganisation
Teaching ServiceThe Armidale Intensive English Centre (IEC) is hosted on the site of Armidale Secondary College.
The Armidale Intensive English Centre at Armidale Secondary College is the first newly established IEC outside of the Sydney metropolitan area in 40 years. It currently supports a growing number of newly arrived students, mainly from a refugee background. The Armidale Intensive English Centre provides comprehensive, specialist teaching and well-being support for newly arrived English language learners.
Armidale Secondary College operates on a state-of-the-art campus in the regional city of Armidale. Armidale is located in the Northern Tablelands. For the past six years, Armidale has been a designated regional refugee settlement location.
Armidale Secondary College has a current enrolment of 1140 (20% identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander), is partially selective (Years 7-10), and has a comprehensive special education facility and an Aboriginal Learning and Engagement Centre. The Armidale Intensive English Centre has a current enrolment of 14 students with new arrivals consistently expected for the remainder of 2023.
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Demonstrated ability to successfully lead EAL/D education for newly arrived EAL/D and refugee-background learners in a rural IEC setting
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Leadership skills and experience to contribute to whole-school programs that are strategically targeted to the school’s Strategic Improvement Plan and have a positive impact on student learning outcomes
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Demonstrated instructional leadership to lead a growing team of teaching and non-teaching staff to design educational and well-being programs that successfully accommodate the needs of newly arrived students
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Highly developed communication and liaison skills to contribute to the settlement of learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in a rural setting that includes effectively collaborating with settlement agencies and stakeholders
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.
The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.
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.
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- NSW Department of Education
- 105 Phillip Street, Parramatta
- New South Wales
- 2150
- Australia
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