Teacher - Merriwa Central School

Merriwa Central School is a K–12 school (232 students including 52 Aboriginal students) located within a supportive community in the Upper Hunter. It caters to students from the local town and villages servicing a largely rural community. It is one of the oldest schools in the State and was one of the first National Schools established in 1850. Merriwa Central School is unique in several respects. Firstly, it is the only central school in the Hunter Region, and secondly it is one of four Central Schools in the State with a separate primary and secondary campus.

The primary enrolment of 119 students is divided into 7 classes, some of which are multi-grade. Some classes are also across stages. The secondary enrolment of 113 is divided into classes of the same year or stage group. In some cases the class may consist of the entire enrolment for that year group. In 2021 a multi-categorical support class was established at both primary and secondary campuses for students with additional support needs. In 2022 an additional support class was established in secondary with the appointment of a Head Teacher Support.

Students are taught a wide variety of subjects delivered by classroom teachers, through video conference, by distance education and at TAFE. The Upper Hunter Trade Training Centre is a joint facility in collaboration with Scone High School, Muswellbrook High School and Scone Grammar School. The Merriwa Campus enables students to complete Certificate ll in Hospitality.

Geographic, cultural and socioeconomic disadvantage are issues for our students. Increasingly, access to paediatric and mental health support services to support our students, has been difficult for teachers and parents. The school has acted proactively by appointing a Deputy Principal Student Wellbeing to assist parents to navigate access to these services.

• Approval to teach Infants K-2
• Ability to develop and deliver effective and engaging teaching programs.
• Experience in delivering and facilitating transition programs like Best Start, Orientation programs and school based programs.
• Experience and willingness to lead whole school events or programs which engage the community and stakeholders in the school.
• Knowledge and commitment to NSW DOE Aboriginal Education priorities and policies.

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.

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 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 ) 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.