Teacher Visual Arts - Chifley College Bidwill Campus

Chifley College Bidwill Campus is a comprehensive 7-12 campus of Chifley College located in Mount Druitt on the land of the Darug people. The school shares its site with Bidwill Public School, resulting in a Pre-school to year 12 campus working collaboratively to meet the needs of the Bidwill and Mount Druitt Communities. Our enrolment of 710 students is representative of the many cultures that make up the Mount Druitt community. Our students represent many cultural backgrounds including 25% of students who identify as Aboriginal, 36% as Pasifika of Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands, Maori communities, and increasing populations of students from Afghan, Sudanese and Indian backgrounds. Our school is a Choice Theory School, where we apply the principals of William Glasser and Marvin Marshal to empower our students to self manage their behaviour and engagement. The culture of care, compassion and innovation embeds an approach where the needs of the whole child is considered and leveraged to provide the best possible conditions for learning. Our platforms set high expectations for student success through collaborative engagement with students, parents and carers, staff and community. Our school includes a substantial support unit with and enrolment of up to 104, catering for the needs of students with disabilities in 3 classes IM and 5 MC support classes. Our Teaching and Learning team provides embedded support for students with disabilities, EAL/D and disadvantage through additional staffing financed through flexible funding, ensuring every student has the best possible access to equitable opportunities. We pride ourselves on our connection to community and invest heavily in engagement with mental and physical health service providers, Aboriginal and Pasifika cultural organisations, commercial and industrial partners, universities, TAFE and other campuses of the college to connect our students, parents and community to opportunities and support which ensure success. Our collaboratively developed School Excellence Plan focuses on the elements of our holistic approach to learning through quality, evidence informed pedagogy, explicit teaching and building the conditions which enable effective teaching and learning.

1. Approval to teach Visual Arts (7-12).
2. Ability to differentiate curriculum and develop innovative, engaging teaching and learning programs that cater for student learning needs and improve student outcomes.
3. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute to faculty planning, extra-curricular activities, and develop and sustain positive relationships with students, staff and the wider community and a capacity to implement effective classroom management strategies supporting a culture of high expectations.

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.