Teacher Preschool

4 weeks ago

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Illawarra Mercury Full time
Teacher Preschool - Cringila Public School

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Permanent full-time job at Cringila Public School (Cringila, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B0EN

Closing date September 10, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)

Location Sheffield St, Cringila 2502 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Amanda Giles 42741768

About This Job

Position Information

Cringila Public School is a small primary school with a current enrolment of 163 students, situated on Dharawal Country, home to the people of the Five Islands Dreaming, beside Lake Illawarra and the escarpment. We support a diverse, multicultural community with students and families from many nationalities contributing to our rich school culture. Currently, 80% of our student population has a language background other than English representing thirteen different language backgrounds. The most commonly spoken languages are Arabic, Macedonian and Turkish and we are proud to be able to provide opportunities for all students to engage in learning these languages. Our school motto, \'A Caring and Cultural Community\', underpins all that we do. All students are supported through tailored, individualised, evidenced-based and differentiated teaching. We prepare students for success with a focus on wellbeing, academic growth and social and emotional intelligence. Every child is known, valued and cared for through strong connections with culture, families and the wider community.

Cringila Public School is excited to be opening our new public preschool, pending building and regulatory approvals. This initiative is part of the NSW Government's commitment to deliver 100 new public preschools by 2027, which is the biggest expansion of public preschools in NSW history.

Our new public preschool will provide quality play-based, intentional educational programs guided by the Early Years Learning Framework, to help all children make a strong start in life and learning and experience a successful transition to school.

Specific Selection Criteria

  • Approval to teach preschool holding an AECQA approved teaching qualification, with working knowledge of and ability to implement the National Quality Framework including Early Childhood Education and Care National Law & Regulations and National Quality Standards.
  • Demonstrated capacity to plan and implement a preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework, including a thorough understanding of age-appropriate pedagogies including play-based learning and intentional teaching.
  • Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds through excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills to manage the complexity of a preschool setting.
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a whole school team, including specialist school-based staff and external agencies, to design, implement and evaluate effective programs transitions for students into primary school.
  • A commitment to embedding cultural responsiveness into the preschool program.

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. It is anticipated that this position will commence on day 1 Term 4 2025, 13 October 2025.

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 (*****@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.

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