Teacher - English and Japanese - Greystanes High School

Position Information

Greystanes High School (1100 students including 62% Language Background Other than English) is a high performing comprehensive school that includes a special education support unit (53 students). The school strives to support excellence in all areas of student endeavour, through a commitment to quality teaching and targeted wellbeing programs. An experienced and dedicated staff strive to create a caring and supportive learning environment that provides a diverse curriculum, with innovative programs that engage and challenge all students. The school prides itself on a culture of positive relationships for learning, student harmony and an inclusive school community.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Japanese and English (Years 7–10), with a willingness to teach English (Years 11–12).
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate engaging, differentiated teaching programs and collaborate with the faculty to develop resources.
• Capacity to contribute to whole school programs as part of a staff team focused on student wellbeing and student engagement.

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.

Special Notes

If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.