Teacher Mathematics - Coomealla High School

Coomealla High School is a comprehensive secondary school located close to the Murray River in the Far SW of NSW, near the Victorian Regional Centre of Mildura on Barkindji country.  Mildura is a 20 min drive away and is a lively riverside town, with lots of great shops, sporting facilities, hospitality venues, galleries and a performing arts centre. Adelaide is the closest city and is a 4 ½ hour drive away.  We have the outback teaching experience with a well-serviced town nearby.  Barkindji country is expansive and ancient with magnificent experiences on offer, including Mungo National Park and lots of river and lake-based campsites and activities to explore nearby.

The school grounds are extensive and cover 23 acres including a productive farm, extensive sporting fields, a double covered COLA and well-equipped music studio.  The school supports an active sporting and excursion program and values the involvement of the local community in enrichment opportunities for students.  The school's staffing entitlement in 2022 is 37.0 teaching staff and 11.2 non-teaching staff.  Staff are supportive, talented and caring and work collaboratively to deliver quality learning and wellbeing outcomes for our students.

Current student enrolment is 240 with a support unit of 4 classes.  The school has 42% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 134, with 87% of students in the lowest two income quartiles.  The school joined the Connected Communities Strategy in 2022 and is currently focused on building quality community partnerships and delivering an inclusive and engaging curriculum to enrich and improve outcomes for students. Our current plans for improvement include student growth in literacy and numeracy, retention to Year 12 and strengthening transition support at both ends of schooling.

We have an active and committed Parents and Citizens' (P&C) Association and strong ties to the local Aboriginal community and Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG).

1. Approval to teach Mathematics 7-12.
2. Ability to work collaboratively to develop and successfully deliver high quality teaching and learning programs to a diverse student population.
3. Commitment to equity and closing the gap initiatives.

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 successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000. (Conditions Apply)

A relocation support package of up to $10,000 will be available for eligible applicants.

Coomealla High School is a 6 point school and as such attracts additional incentives. Please refer to: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives

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.