Teacher Learning and Support - Chifley College Shalvey Campus

Chifley College Shalvey Campus is a comprehensive 7-10 campus of the Chifley Collegiate, situated in Mount Druitt in Western Sydney.  The school is regarded as an inclusive, stable and caring school with Safe and Respectful Learning as our core values. Our curriculum is geared to promote academic success and positive life outcomes for every student. The campus has excellent facilities, including gymnasium, fitness laboratory, covered basketball court and a full sized sports oval, agriculture farm, sound recording studio, dance and drama studio and Science Technology Engineering Mathematics room. Information and Communication Technologies are integrated across the curriculum. 

Current enrolment of the school population is 405. Our students include 37% identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 22% having English as an Additional Language or Dialect, the majority from Pacific Nations. The campus has a Support Unit which caters for 56 students, with three Autism Spectrum Disorder and two Mild Intellectual Disability classes. Our staff are highly skilled and enthusiastic, working closely with parents and community partners to provide quality teaching and learning for every student. 

1. Approval to teach and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs.
2. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes and in small groups to improve social, emotional and academic outcomes.
3. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to maintain effective partnerships with students, parents, the community and colleagues to support student learning and engagement.
4. Knowledge and capacity to collaboratively plan, implement, monitor and evaluate personalised learning and support plans for students with a range of learning needs that support improved educational outcomes. 

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 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. 

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.

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.