Teacher Learning and Support (0.8 FTE) - Guildford Public School

Guildford Public School is situated on the traditional homelands of the Cabrogal people of the Darug Nation. Opened in 1915, Guildford Public School now serves a diverse and multicultural community with 91% of the 640 students being from a non-English speaking background with approximately 26% being from an Arabic-speaking background, 26% from a Dari/Farsi speaking background. 2% of students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We have strong professional learning alliances with the Curriculum Reform Communities Granville Network and Fairfield Local AECG.

Guildford Public School is a student-orientated learning environment that embraces its rich cultural diversity and values positive partnerships with the whole school community. At Guildford Public School we embrace a collaborative culture and are committed to delivering high quality inclusive teaching and learning, promoting a culture of high expectations, where student wellbeing is fostered.

1. Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (primary) and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs (primary) in mainstream classes, with ability to engage students with additional learning and support needs or diagnosed disabilities through quality differentiation and adjustment of teaching, learning and assessment.

2. Ability to provide direct support for teachers of students with additional learning and support needs through a range of strategies including the areas of social skills, language and communication, literacy, numeracy and behaviour.

3. Capacity to use assessment data to identify student learning and support needs, developing strategies, monitoring student progress and evaluating the effectiveness of support strategies.

4. High level communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with the capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues, external agencies and parents/carers within a team environment.  

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.

This is a permanent part-time position for 4 days per week 0.8 FTE (Full-time equivalent)

Learning and support Teacher: https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/teaching-and-learning/disability-learning-and-support/media/documents/last-role.pdf

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.