Teacher Librarian - Figtree High School

Figtree High School is a vibrant comprehensive school that sits near the sea on Dharawal lands beneath our two significant mountains, Djenbella (Mt Kembla) - the grandfather and Djeera (Mt Keira) - the grandmother.

Our student enrolments of 900 reflects a culturally diverse school community, including 51 Aboriginal students, 251 students with a language background other than English, 60 students having English as an additional language and/or dialect and 33 refugee students. Our school is enriched by an onsite physical disabilities class and an autism class, as well as an offsite support unit, the Flametree Campus.

The majority of the school's equity funding will be used to support initiatives in the Strategic Improvement Plan, covering the three broad areas identified; i) maximising student growth and attainment, ii) striving towards excellence in teaching and learning and iii) building a school community that works collaboratively to enhance student learning and wellbeing. Additionally, a smaller percentage of funding will be used for resource projects, not in the SIP.

The school is held in high regard by both the local and wider community for offering a broad curriculum and achieving quality educational outcomes for students from Year 7 to Year 12. We balance our academic curriculum with wide ranging extra-curricular opportunities where students excel.

Our shared values of respect, responsibility and excellence drive the school's practices to ensure success for every student.

Our dedicated staff encompass a wide range of skills and expertise. We are an active member of the Figtree Community of Schools, the Curriculum Networks Illawarra (CNI) and the Lake Illawarra North Network.

•    Approval to teach secondary library or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in the Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education
•    Highly developed communication, organisation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with students, staff and the community and positively contribute to whole school culture.
•    Capacity to contribute to whole school programs including the Stage 4 Literacy program and innovative initiatives which strongly support high quality teaching and learning.
•    Capacity to develop an inclusive centre of learning excellence in line with our school core values.
•    Express your vision for a school library

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.

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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.