Music/Drama Teacher (K-12)

Brewarrina Central School, Brewarrina NSW

Placement level: Teacher

Contact for enquiries: Shaun Graham (Principal), shaun.graham@det.nsw.edu.au, 02 6839 2186

Additional resources: explore what it's like to live and work in the Brewarrina area.

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Placement details

Terms 1 - 4, 2025 (Applicants can request a shorter duration in their application).

Role description: This role will have a dedicated classroom to support the Creative Arts syllabus, with music and drama being the major focus for teaching in this role. An opportunity to teach classes from K-12, as well as identify and coach high potential and gifted education students. There will be a strong focus on cultural perspectives in this role, and opportunity to provide students with incursions and excursions related to music and drama.

Desired candidate expertise:

• Willingness to teach students in years K-12 (specific stage preferences can be negotiated)
• Highly developed organisational and interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the wider community
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education policies

Accommodation details

Brewarrina has several options for accommodation for this placement.

There are currently vacant teacher housing units, all in complexes of units with other teaching staff. Some units are three bedroom/two bathroom, for larger families. Most are two bedroom/one bathroom.

There is caravan park accommodation available, as well as a local B&B, hotel and motel.

Please note: Teacher Housing availability can depend upon a variety of factors, including vacancy status and potential priority offers to other staff with full time rural appointments. Teacher Housing Authority (THA) may not be able to confirm the allocation of properties until all applications have been received and processed. Applicants are encouraged to discuss property availability directly with THA. Participants of the Rural Experience Program are not eligible for the Housing Rental Subsidy but may rent a property (at market value) through the THA if available.

School details

Brewarrina Central School is located 800kms northwest of Sydney and caters for 115 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Small class sizes allow for a strongly differentiated approach to teaching and learning. Ninety-nine per cent of students identify as Aboriginal. The students come from the township of Brewarrina and outlying villages of Gongolgon and Weilmoringle. At Brewarrina Central School every student is known, valued and cared for.

There is a continuing strengthening of school/community partnerships supported by the Connected Communities Strategy, SRG (School Reference Group) and AECG (Aboriginal Education Consultative Group). The Senior Leader Community Engagement (SLCE) works closely with the school and community to facilitate communication and participation.

Our school currently has 23 teachers and 21 administration and support staff, which includes additional staff employed through school-based funding to better support the learning needs of our students. Online tutoring is a major facet of the differentiated support that is provided for students to access.

As a school, we are committed to the ongoing employment of local Aboriginal people in a range of roles such as learning support officers, administration and teachers. This enhances our school community connections. The school embraces the local Ngemba culture and language and recognises and values the cultures of all people who live in the Brewarrina area.

The school has excellent facilities, which include well–maintained classrooms in pleasant, green surroundings. There is a large, undercover basketball court area, a contemporary Yarning Circle, and a Remembrance Area to acknowledge our community history & culture.

Brewarrina attracts many tourists throughout the year, who come to see the ancient aboriginal fish traps (Baiame’s Ngunnhu) in the Barwon River, located in the main township. The local cultural museum conducts regular historical tours of the river to explore the heritage of the traps.