Georges River College (GRC) Hurstville Campus is a vibrant coeducational setting focused on innovatively meeting the needs of the students in Years 7-10. The school has an enrolment of approximately 325 students, with 86% of students from a non-English speaking background with increasing enrolments across the campus.
GRC Hurstville Campus works collaboratively with the other Campuses making up GRC: Penshurst, Peakhurst and Oatley Senior Campus. The school priorities Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL), ensuring the values of respect, responsibility and excellence underpin all school activities. A broad range of co-curricular programs complements classroom learning and supports strong student engagement both in and beyond the classroom.
The Support Unit at GRC Hurstville Campus includes three Autism (AU) classes and one Autism/Moderate Intellectual Disability (IO) class. The school has dedicated staff committed to academic excellence and student wellbeing, using evidence-based teaching practices to support student learning. High impact professional learning remains central to strengthening teacher practice and building collective efficacy across the campus.
The successful candidate will teach in the PDHPE Faculty and develop the Dance program across the school.
Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute to faculty planning, whole school programs, and develop positive relationships with students, staff and the wider community.
Approval to teach PD/Health/PE and Dance
Ability to implement engaging and effective teaching strategies which cater for the individual needs of students with a diverse range of abilities, fostering a high expectations behaviour culture and student growth.
Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute to faculty planning, whole school programs, and develop positive relationships with students, staff and the wider 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.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination
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.
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.
