Position Descriptor:
Teaching at Pipalyatjara Anangu School in the APY Lands offers a warm and simple life, fulfilling work, and financial incentives. Stability is evident throughout our community, and social connections are varied and strong. Teaching here will challenge and grow your skill set and can be deeply meaningful and rewarding.
We are seeking a passionate educator whose teaching philosophies align with the goals of the PYEC (https://www.pyec.org.au/strategic-overview), and all teachers need to develop respectful reciprocal relationships with Anangu Educators to deliver the curriculum.
Our programming features intentional and targeted Pitjantjatjara and English literacy intervention and instruction, extensive numeracy resourcing, and a dynamic 2-Way Science program (https://youtu.be/oIPmLwsQV1w). We promote school attendance from birth with a flourishing playgroup and pre-school, and cultural experiences and engagement are part of our educational fabric.
Apply today by submitting your resume and answering the below questions in an application response:
Provide an example of when you have actively created working relationships that have resulted in you connecting with your colleagues, sharing practices, and learning from one another to support your learners to thrive.
Explain a time where you have empowered your learners, giving them agency to shape a learning experience. What was the outcome?
How do you ensure your teaching is inclusive of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students?
In additional to the salary, the following financial incentives apply:
Country Zone Allowance (approx. $11,000pa)
Locality Allowance (approx. $17,000pa)
Special Class Allowance (approx. $1,600pa)
100% subsidised accommodation including all utilities (accommodation may be shared)
Removal and relocation expenses.
Waivers of indexation reduction of HELP debts
https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-loan-program/reduction-help-debts-teachers-very-remote-areas
To ensure employer compliance of duty of care responsibilities given the unique environment of the APY Lands, a wellness check will be conducted prior to any offer of employment.
For further information about the school, community or role please email
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