English Teacher

Be a part of our dynamic and collaborative English Department.
- Great professional learning and development opportunities.
- Exciting opportunity for innovative and rigorous teaching and learning.

**About the Position**

The College is seeking to appoint a full-time (1.0 FTE) permanent English Teacher to join our highly successful and aspirational English Department, commencing Term 1, 2025. Within the English department, language and literature are seen to be at the heart of a sound liberal education. Great emphasis is placed on developing skills in, and a love for, English. Canonical, diverse and contemporary literature are explored across the English program, with opportunities for class-based patterns of study. Teachers are expected to teach writing in embedded and direct ways and there is a strong and sustained Wide Reading Program through Years 7 to 10.

Our students enjoy the rigour of studying English. The College offers Senior students the option of either the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) or the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) and our student enrolment in English Extension 1 has grown significantly in the past two years. Additionally, from 2024, Year 9 students have the option to study IGCSE World Literature.

**About You**
- have appropriate teaching and tertiary qualifications relevant to the position
- be a dynamic and effective classroom practitioner
- ability to differentiate instruction and cater for a range of learning abilities and needs
- have a thorough understanding of the learning process, including the role of assessment and feedback
- work effectively as a member of a team
- be personally committed to learning and professional growth
- have a strong work ethic
- possess strong ICT competencies
- show a genuine appreciation and commitment to pastoral care
- participate in the College's co-curricular program
- understand and adhere to the College's Child Safeguarding policies and practices
- contribute to the continuous improvement of Child Safeguarding at Newington

**The College's Commitment to Child Protection**

The College is a 'Child Safe Organisation' committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and wellbeing of all children and young people at the College and is dedicated to protecting them from abuse and harm. All children and young people who come to Newington have a right to feel and be safe.

**About Newington College**:
Newington College is a school bustling with opportunity and rigour. We aim to teach students to think critically, stretch their learning and approach life with curiosity, kindness and open-mindedness, and that also applies to everyone who works here - from the teachers and grounds staff to the finance and admissions teams.

Founded in 1863 by the Uniting Church, the College has more than 2000 students across four vibrant campuses from our Early Learning Centre through to Year 12. In 2026, Newington will enter an exciting new phase as the College transitions to co-education starting with Kindergarten and Year 5, becoming fully co-educational by 2033. Our students will enter a world that will require them to walk and work alongside all genders collaboratively, respectfully and empathetically as colleagues, employers, employees, partners, parents and friends. We want to ensure the College remains a vibrant, contemporary institution, in step with the society it is part of.

**To Apply**
- Applications should be submitted in **one** attachment of no more than 6 pages. This document will include your cover letter and CV.
- Applications close **Friday 8 November 2024.