Bombala High School is a small rural comprehensive high school, with a current enrolment of 153 students, located in the southeast of New South Wales at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, benefitting from close access to both south coast beaches and the ski slopes.
The school's mission is to provide pathways to success. Bombala High School achieves this through providing quality education in a rural setting by focusing on embedding quality teaching practices that meet the needs of all students. The school has introduced a range of integrated subjects designed to improve student engagement at school. We have a well-resourced Multi Categorical (MC) room. servicing both placed and integrated students.
Bombala High is a 4 point school and attracts the associated incentives: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives
Bombala High is an ideal school for early career teachers.
1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience in delivering high-quality educational programs for students with Autism, intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, trauma and complex behavioural or social needs in a Special Education setting
2. Highly developed communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build positive partnerships with students, families, carers, school staff and external agencies to strengthen inclusive practice and improve student outcomes.
3. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively to develop Individual Education Plans and or Personalised Learning and Support Plans for students with disabilities.
4. Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate differentiated learning experiences using student data, explicit teaching and evidence-informed practice to maximise engagement and learning growth including multiple stages across the curriculum.
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.
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.
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.
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.
