Teacher French

**Position Information**:
Erskine Park High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Western Sydney. The student population of 870 includes a support unit of 5 classes. The school community is culturally diverse, including 5% of student identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and a further 30% of students who come from backgrounds where English is an additional language or dialect. Our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. Students participate in a wide range of learning experiences focused on inquiry-based learning in the pursuit of academic growth and attainment.

The school enjoys the support of its diverse community, fostering strong partnerships with Universities, cultural groups, businesses and community groups. As a member of the STEPS (St Clair Erskine Park Schools) community, we are actively engaged in the junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group designed to represent the educational needs of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students within our community. This engagement through STEPS includes transparent transition activities to enable a consistency in the learning continuum when students move between our partner primary schools and the secondary context. We host a range of senior scholarships that are funded by local business connections, designed to streamline transitions for students moving into the senior school and to enhance community partnerships. Students represents the school across the local area in music and dance ensembles and in a wide range of sporting activities, with both regional and state representation.

The school has initiated a Raising Responsibility platform, grounded in Choice Theory. This platform is designed to empower all members of the school community to identify personal responsibility for their learning pathway and to develop strategies to seek support in finding student voice for engagement and wellbeing.

The school is committed to continually improving effective classroom practices, with a strong emphasis on high impact professional practice, to ensure that every teacher and leader develops every year. By employing evidence-informed practices, such as Visible Learning and the What Work Best Model, all staff engage in using data to inform classroom practice and design appropriate teaching and learning activities. The school will explore authentic models of assessment and develop strategies for ongoing feedback that enable students to continually reflect upon their learning and set high-expectations for continued learning success. There will be an ongoing focus on Higher School Certificate performance, including staff professional learning around the use of data to develop both individual and group support programs. Each faculty will develop ways to explore teaching and learning through observation and feedback around teacher practice.

As a school that aims to excel, Erskine Park High School takes pride in providing high-quality teaching and learning experiences for all students and staff. We aim to ensure that all students are prepared for life beyond school, which requires adaptability, resilience and the capacity to work collaboratively.

**Selection Criteria**:
Approval to teach French.

Capacity to develop and implement engaging, challenging and inclusive learning programs that cater for individual student needs.

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively to contribute to a faculty and the wider school.

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
**About the NSW Department of Education