Teacher English as an Additional Language/Dialect - Bella Vista Public School

Bella Vista Public School is a newly established school located on Free Settlers Drv, Bella Vista. The school has a current enrolment of over 800 students with a capacity of 1000 students from Kindergarten to Year 6.  Approximatelyt 75.8% of our students are from a language background other than English . The school includes four multi-categorical (MC) support classes for students with a disability.

Bella Vista Public School incorporates an innovative educational model, including flexible teaching and learning spaces organised into distinct 'home bases' alongside modern specialist teaching spaces. The school was designed around new educational concepts for learning. Current priorities of the school include literacy and numeracy excellence, innovative teaching, student well-being and school culture. 

• Approval to teach infants and primary (K-6) and approval to teach primary English as a second language or currently completing or enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a second language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education. 

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a team to support the literacy and English language skills of EAL/D students using your sound knowledge of the ESL Scales and the EAL/D Learning Progressions. 

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and community. 

• Demonstrated expertise in initiating and leading whole school activities, including public speaking, debating and choir. 

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.

From 8 November 2021 all Department of Education employees undertaking relevant work including any work conducted on a NSW school site, will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm full vaccination status prior to the Department of Education finalising the appointment of the candidates and entry on duty. Further information on the Departments COVID-19 response is available at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

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.

If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as a second language (K-6 or secondary) as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months.