Teacher English ($5-8k Relocation Support Payment) - Oberon High School

Position Information

Oberon High School (OHS) is a small comprehensive high school serving a picturesque rural community approximately two hours west of Sydney and half an hour from Bathurst. Oberon's major employing industry is the production of timber and agriculture. The school has 213 students inclusive of 10% of Aboriginal, 8% English as an Additional Language or Dialect students and 6% of students requiring additional support. The school is a member of Bathurst School Education Network, collaborates with partner schools and is in partnership with a metropolitan school to support our Additional Language or Dialect students. We have an experienced staff and a small proportion of early career teachers. School priorities have included quality teaching, increased use of technology, development of high expectations in all aspects of school life and extensive wellbeing programs. The school enjoys great community support with significant sponsorship of programs and events each year. Extracurricular activities are very important to the life of the school and provide additional opportunities for students. These include sport, cultural, leadership and curriculum experiences ensuring a breadth of choices. This is essential in creating a whole school atmosphere that encourages ongoing and positive connections with our school for all students every day.

Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach English (Years 7-10) and English (Years 11-12).
2. Ability to plan, implement, and assess engaging English teaching and learning programs aligned with the NSW English syllabus that cater to diverse student needs and promote literacy development.
3. Demonstrated experience in creating a positive and inclusive learning environment that fosters student motivation, participation, and respect, while managing classroom behaviour effectively.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and colleagues, and to work collaboratively within a team to contribute to school improvement and student learning outcomes.

Conditions

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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

A Relocation Support Payment of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.

Special Notes

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.