Teacher - Barrack Heights Public School - Illawarra, Australia - NSW Government -Teaching Service

NSW Government -Teaching Service

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Illawarra, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Position Information:

Barrack Heights Public School (est 1976) is located within the scenic coastal township of Shellharbour on the New South Wales South Coast Region.

The current school population comprises approximately 190 students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

Our proud public school fosters a sense of belonging for all in a supportive and inclusive community by nurturing the social success of each individual and maintaining a positive and empowering learning environment.

Barrack Heights successfully caters for all our students, empowering them to realise their potential and strive for success.

We pride ourselves on developing the whole child and catering for individual differences in all our mainstream and support unit classrooms.

Barrack Heights Public School is well known for our committed teachers and rigorous curriculum opportunities focused on learning and living.

As a future focused school, we use digital technologies to spark curiosity, engage our learners and create a passion for knowledge and understanding.

Through embracing the philosophy of every child, every opportunity, Barrack Heights Public School students' educational experiences are further extended by enrichment opportunities in sport, music and culture, as well as targeted progressive learning programs for students with additional learning needs, including support and HPGE.

The school continues to build on quality teaching, learning and leadership practices with a committed focus on improving student results in literacy and numeracy.

The school implements a dynamic, innovative and differentiated professional learning model to enhance teaching, learning and leadership practices across the school.

Our school caters for students from a vast range of backgrounds including 33% of student body identifying as having an Aboriginal background and 19% of students have English as a Second Language.

The school motto of _'Learning Together, Thriving Together'_ is reflective of the school environment we are creating to ensure each student, educator, family and community member has limitless opportunities in learning and life.

Selection Criteria:

Approval to teach infants and primary K-6 with demonstrated excellence in developing quality, differentiated literacy and numeracy programs that cater for individual student needs.

Proven ability to use assessment to plan and deliver evidence-based teaching practices and increase student engagement.

Outstanding teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to make a broader contribution to the school and community through leading and supporting a culture of collaborative growth.

Exceptional classroom management skills and ability to develop a positive classroom learning environment through high impact teaching strategies that support student engagement and wellbeing outcomes for a diverse range of students.

Capacity and commitment to creating enriching opportunities for students through extra-curricular programs such as, but not limited to Aboriginal Education, STEM, Sport and HPGE enrichment.

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