Teacher English and Drama - Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School

Position Information

Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School (1250 students) is a school with a focus on and a proven record of success in academic, creative and performing arts, vocational and sporting areas.  The school offers gifted and talented programs to fully develop the talents of individual students.  Students are challenged to achieve their personal best in all aspects of education in a caring learning environment.  The school fosters positive constructive partnerships with parents and the wider community.

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach English (Years 7 - 12), English Extension and Drama

Demonstrated experience teaching English across multiple year levels using a range of engaging and effective teaching strategies with particular emphasis on Explicit Teaching.

Proven ability to design and implement English/Drama lessons that promote student engagement through creativity, critical thinking and literacy development.

Demonstrated experience differentiating instruction and employing varied teaching and assessment strategies to meet the diverse student learning needs.

Experience in teaching Drama including involvement in drama productions or related extracurricular activities.

Conditions

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.

Special Notes

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.