Teacher Librarian

Drummond Memorial Public School serves 230 students across various educational settings including 101 students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; 126 Non-English Speaking background. The school offers 10 mainstream classes catering to students from Kindergarten to Year 6, along with two Multi-Categorical classes, a Tutorial Centre (ATLC), a Suspension Centre (Karayuna), and an Early Intervention class.

Our school is committed to enhancing student learning and wellbeing through thoughtfully designed programs. We strongly emphasise Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and implement evidence-informed literacy programming. We support our diverse community and collaborate closely with our dedicated Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association to provide student support and fundraising initiatives.

This position is a permanent part-time position (3-days per week).

• Approval to teach Library (Primary), or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
• Demonstrated capacity to teach students how to access and utilise information and provide them with quality literary experiences.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a teaching team, help colleagues access information, and stay up-to-date with the latest information management and information technology trends.
• Demonstrated ability to be highly organised, resourceful and can manage and implement a stimulating library learning environment, including the physical and digital resources.

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.

If applicable, engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Teacher Librarian qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education which must be completed within 24 months.

This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.

Please note:

• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if

you are the recommended applicant.

• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the

advertised role.

Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage

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.