Teacher Food Technology - Portland Central School

• Job Reference: 0000BC6W
• Closing date: September 2, 2026, 2 a.m. (AEST)
• Location: Vale St, Portland 2847 NSW, Australia
• Type: Full-Time
• Status: Permanent
• Contact: Leigh Mclean (02) 6355 5233

About this job

Position Information

Portland Central School is a K–12 school located 25km from Lithgow and 50km from Bathurst, with an enrolment of approximately 194 students. The school caters for a diverse range of learners, including three Multi-Categorical support classes operating under a model of supported integration and discrete intensive support.

The secondary school includes one class per year in Years 7–10 and small senior cohorts in Years 11–12. Stage-based electives offer flexibility to meet student interests and needs. The primary school has four classes, including a school-funded class to allow for responsive class structures.

Portland Central has embedded the Berry Street Education Model over the past four years, supporting a trauma-informed, whole-school approach to wellbeing. This is complemented by a strong focus on explicit teaching to drive consistency and impact across all learning areas.

The school’s Strategic Excellence Plan focuses on student growth in literacy and numeracy, and the development of a positive, high-expectations culture. Portland Central is part of the Lithgow Community of Practice.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach Food Technology and/or VET Hospitality and the capacity to effectively design and implement curriculum and assessment across 7-12.
2. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
3. Demonstrated ability to work as a collaborative member of a secondary teaching team and willingness to participate in whole school initiatives.
4. Evidence of effective classroom practice, including the ability to cater for a diverse range of learning needs and manage practical workspaces to ensure student safety, full participation and sustained engagement throughout lessons.

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

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.

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