Teacher Librarian (0.6 FTE) - Glendale East Public School

Glendale East Public School is located in northern Lake Macquarie with an enrolment of 234 students. Our school’s vision statement, developed by all stakeholders is; ‘through genuine partnerships, every child achieves their full potential every day’. 22% of the student population identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and 4% are from language backgrounds other than English. Our school has strong partnerships with the Kumaridha AECG to support our Aboriginal students and families. The school has a Family Occupational Employment Index ranking above 115 and maintains high standards for student learning and behaviour. The parents and community of Glendale East Public School have high educational expectations for their children and our P & C contribute significantly to the school. The school has developed strong partnerships with other local primary schools and Glendale Technology High School through the Inspirational, Innovative Learning Alliance (IILA). Glendale East Public School offers a range of extra curricula opportunities for students.

Glendale East Public School is committed to meeting the expectations set in the School Excellence Framework through continual staff professional development and outstanding teaching and learning pedagogy. Our school’s focus areas are to continually develop best practice teaching in literacy and numeracy through evidence-based understandings.

• Approval to teach primary library (K-6) or currently undertaking Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education with the ability to develop and deliver high quality release from face-to-face programs.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues to deliver innovative teaching across different Key Learning Areas, inclusive of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and through the use of the Oliver Library Management System in a stimulating library learning environment.
• Understanding the needs of a diverse range of students with learning and behavioural difficulties with a demonstrated capacity to support all students.
• Highly developed communication, organisation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with teachers, support staff, parents and the wider community, and contribute positively to whole school culture.

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 3 days per week .600FTE (Full-time equivalent)

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

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