Teacher Visual Arts - Wyong High School

Wyong High School has an enrolment of 765 students, including 110 Aboriginal students and 10% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds. The school features information technology selective classes and the cohort includes six Special Education support classes (two Multi Categorical, two for students with a Mild intellectual disability, one for students with a Moderate to Severe intellectual disability and one for Emotional Disturbance).

Wyong High School has a strong and active Parent and Citizens’ Association and Ngara Aboriginal Education Consultative Group that work in partnership with us to support school initiatives. We are an active member of the Wyong Learning Community, having established productive links with our partner schools and implemented initiatives of which some include; Year 6 transition and STEM programs. The school forms part of the Lakes Trade Training Centre and offers diverse training and vocational opportunities to its students including significant linkage to university programs and partnership with local industry.

The school enjoys a mix of both highly experienced and early career teachers and seeks to give an authentic voice to Wyong High School students in the areas of school governance, teaching and learning, wellbeing, community involvement, leadership and learning environments through participation in the Central Coast Student Voice Alliance.

Wyong High School continues to focus on quality student learning outcomes in literacy, numeracy and engagement and caters for a broad range of activities including creative and performing arts, cultural, sporting, vocational and academic pursuits. Our established positive, respectful relationships across the learning community ensure a collective commitment to ensuring quality learning outcomes for all students.

Approval to teach Visual Arts (Years 7-12). Approval to teach and/ or experience teaching students with Behaviour Difficulties (BCD). Willingness to teach Information Communication Technologies (ICT).

Demonstrated ability to contribute within the CAPA faculty and whole school, to meet the learning needs of all Visual Art students, including high achieving and those requiring support or with additional learning needs for the improvement of student literacy & numeracy outcomes.

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative differentiated programs that deliver quality, dynamic learning experiences to a diverse range of students including those with mild disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and students from low-socio economic status communities.

Demonstrated high-level communication skills to ensure effective partnerships and collaboration with students and families within a faculty and throughout the school and wider school community.

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.

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 were 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