Teacher - Primary

Advertised Vacancy Number: SS/TCH887962

This is a six (6) month fixed term, full-time position commencing Term 3, 2024 with possible extension and/or permanency

Please be advised that as of 1:45pm Wednesday, 12 June 2024, the closing date has been extended.

Broomehill Primary School (PS) is seeking a Primary Teacher to join their high quality regional school.

Professional Benefits

Working for the Department of Education attracts a range of attractive benefits including:

11 percent employer contributions to superannuation 12 weeks’ vacation leave (school holidays) more than 20 days of other leave, including sick leave and carers’ leave subsidised accommodation where applicable free relocation

About the role

The successful applicant will ideally possess innovative, enthusiastic teaching practices, and a strong commitment to professional development and continuous improvement to facilitate a best practice approach towards teaching and learning.

We are seeking applicants who understand the assess-plan-teach model and are comfortable with the Explicit Instruction approach with programmes such as Spelling Mastery. An understanding of the Science of Reading (SOR) and associated classroom practice is favourable, as is knowledge of the Talk 4 Writing and/or Seven Steps for Successful Writing programmes. Competency in the use of digital technology is required.

Applicants with exemplary interpersonal acumen who forge and maintain positive, productive, and trusting relationships with students, staff, parents, and the wider community are encouraged to apply. Applicants should possess a strong capacity to plan challenging and engaging programs using an excellent understanding of the Western Australian Curriculum.

At Broomehill PS our vision is to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment where students and their families feel a strong sense of belonging. Where students are inspired to be passionate learners and caring, respectful citizens. Our school values of Learn, Respect and Pride are firmly embedded in our school culture and underpin all we do.

Our highly skilled and dedicated staff ensure that children are given every opportunity to develop both academically and socially, giving them the skills to become confident and independent learners. We have specialist teachers in the areas of the Arts, Italian, Health and Physical Education, and Digital Technologies.

Our school

Broomehill PS is in the Great Southern district of Western Australia twenty kilometres south of Katanning and approximately 150 kilometres north of Albany. It is a small, community-oriented school with 28 students from K-6. Students and staff are well-known to each other and feel a sense of belonging and pride in their school.

Our school staff comprises of a dynamic mix of experienced and early-career teachers and support staff. They are professional, committed, caring, innovative and always actively seeking to improve their practice. Effective and ongoing school accountability and improvement is promoted through a distributive leadership model in which a close collaborative and reflective team approach supports planning to collect and analyse relevant data and set appropriate learning goals for our students to achieve whole school targets articulated in the Broomehill PS Strategic Plan.

This selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy. Applicants assessed as suitable during this selection process may be considered for other similar vacancies that occur throughout our school for up to 12 months following this initial appointment. This includes circumstances where this position becomes subsequently vacant should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised position. 

To be suitable for this role, you will need to demonstrate your competency against the following domains (that govern the ):

Professional knowledge; Professional practice; and Professional engagement.

Applications will be assessed against these domains. The business needs of the school may also be considered. It is therefore recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.

Applicants currently completing the Department of Education Leap program (formerly known as the Switch program) can apply for vacancies using their current or Leap qualification – even if they have not completed the program at the time of applying. Applicants may be appointed to a vacancy based on the qualification being completed via the Leap program.

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

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