Wattawa Heights Public School is situated on Dharug Land, located in Bankstown. It is a small school (17 that provides a learning environment for children to take learning risks. The school includes 8 mainstream classes and a Support Unit for students with Autism (2 x AU and 1 x Au/IO classes). We value the importance of the culture of classroom, school and communities to foster stronger relationships, facilitate learning, celebrate diversity and deepen social understanding.
Wattawa Heights Public School is a proud multicultural community, with 94% of students with a language background of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D). Students engage in Arabic Community Language program across the school. The school has engaged in PAX Good Behaviour Game training to support the development of classroom conditions that enhance learner dispositions.
Approval to teach Arabic Community Language (K–
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Demonstrated capacity to plan and deliver explicit, differentiated teaching and learning experiences that cater for students with diverse learning needs, abilities and levels of Arabic language proficiency.
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Highly developed ability to establish a positive and inclusive learning environment through effective classroom management, high expectations and evidence-informed strategies that promote student engagement, participation and positive behaviour.
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Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as an active member of a school team and contribute to whole-school priorities, initiatives and events that enhance student engagement, wellbeing and connection to culture and community.
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.
This is a permanent part-time position of 4 days per week, 0.8FTE (full time equivalent).
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
Additional Information
The Teacher Community Language (Arabic) position is a 4 day a week position that supports all classes in the school.
