Teacher Spanish - Kingswood High School

Kingswood High School is a comprehensive, coeducational high school established in 1969 and located in the Penrith Valley area. The school is comprised of 950 students, including 12.3% of students from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and 9.3% of students who receive English language Proficiency Support. The school occupies spacious grounds with specialised facilities, including a state of the art Trade Training Centre, student-managed cafe, after-school homework club, a diverse Primary Industry Farm and the Kingswood Recording Studio.

The school is committed to developing socially responsible, self-disciplined, motivated, lifelong learners in a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment. We focus on giving young people voice, being active learners and developing strong character qualities that will enable them to succeed, thrive and contribute positively throughout life. The school offers a well-rounded, holistic education for all students through nurturing and providing for their academic, social and emotional needs. Connect, Apply, Inspire is the key technology framework used to creative innovative and future-focused learning experiences.

We value strong community engagement to complement the existing partnerships across the Kingswood Learning Community and Penrith Education Alliance networks to maximise learning and support successful education pathways for all.

Approval to teach Spanish. Approval and/or willingness to teach French.

Capacity to develop and implement engaging, challenging and inclusive learning programs that cater to a diverse array of students, including students with complex learning needs and High Potential and Gifted Students.

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively to contribute to faculty and whole school programs.

Ability to engage and foster positive relationships with the wider community in order to promote connections between students' learning and its real world applications.

 Ability to use data to inform teaching practice in accordance with school priorities, with specific reference to student literacy and numeracy outcomes.

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 candidate and entry on duty. Further information on the Department’s 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.
To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format.
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 in effect on positions advertised from Wednesday 10th June 2020. The guidelines are located at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/roles-and-locations/roles-at-education/teaching/addressing-selection-criteria.html