Teacher English As a Second Language

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Teaching Service Full time

**Position Information**:
Heckenberg Public School is part of the Liverpool Network in South West Sydney. It is 5 km west of the Liverpool CBD and is in the 2168 local area. The school was built in 1965 and is an important part of our small community. Heckenberg Public School has an enrolment of 222 students. The community is largely transient with over 60% of students leaving the school by year 6. The main languages spoken at home by families are English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Samoan and Hindi resulting in the school having an EALD rate of 67%. Overall, there are 21 language groups that make up the Heckenberg PS community.

The school prides itself on providing a variety of extra curricular activities for our students in the area of sport, technology and the creative arts. The school provides additional opportunities for students to participate in initiatives with our neighbouring schools, including the 2168 Children's Parliament and Liverpool School Ambassador Program.

Heckenberg PS has a number of partnerships that support the vision of our school. The school is in a multi year partnership with Community Hubs Australia, Musica Viva, Liverpool Council, South West Sydney Area Health Service and Karitane. These partnerships support the students, families and staff in a variety of ways. Some actions that are able to be completed with these partnerships include, Parent, Child Interaction Therapy, Speech Therapy, Parent English Classes, a variety of extra curricular activities provided by external agencies, social skills programs, student leadership initiatives and gifted and talented creative arts program. The school invests significant funds and regularly obtains financial grants to create outstanding and varied opportunities for our students.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Approval to teach primary - English as an additional language or dialect or currently completing or currently enrolled in an approved post graduate qualification for teaching English as an additional language or dialect as recognised by the NSW Department of Education.
- Demonstrated use of data to develop and adjust teaching and learning programs and assessments to deliver high-quality differentiated teaching and learning programs to maximise the learning outcomes of EAL/D students.
- Demonstrated ability to support students from EAL/D backgrounds through effective collaboration with staff, in-class and small group support and engagement with community.

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the approved post graduate qualification for English as a second language K-6 as recognised by the NSW Department of Education which must be completed within 24 months.

**About the NSW Department of Education

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