Kurnell Public School has an enrolment of approximately 214 students, including 4% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and 11% of students from a language background other than English. Located on the Kurnell peninsula of Botany Bay, the school is at the centre of a close-knit community and maintains strong connections with families, local organisations and the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group. School priorities include explicit and differentiated teaching, consistent assessment practices, student wellbeing, Positive Behaviour for Learning and High Potential and Gifted Education. The successful applicant will teach an identified syllabus area across K–6 and manage and develop an inclusive, curriculum-responsive library collection. They will collaborate with staff to resource curriculum delivery, strengthen information literacy and research skills, promote quality literature and foster a whole school culture of reading. Classroom teachers facilitate regular student borrowing outside the allocated library teaching time.
Approval to teach K–6 and approval to teach primary library, or currently undertaking Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
Demonstrated capacity to plan, implement and assess high-quality, differentiated teaching and learning programs across K-6, with the flexibility to teach an identified syllabus area and integrate information literacy, research skills and quality literature.
Demonstrated capacity to establish safe, inclusive and engaging learning environments through effective classroom management practices and positive relationships that support the participation and achievement of all students.
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a primary school library, with highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with staff, families and the wider school community, resource curriculum delivery, strengthen information literacy and foster a whole school culture of reading.
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 for 2 days 0.4FTE.
It is anticipated that this position will commence on day of the 2027 school year.
If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Teacher Librarian qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 24 months.
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.
How to Apply
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.
For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.
