Primary Teacher

West Wyalong Public School, West Wyalong NSW

Placement level: Teacher

Contact for enquiries: Victoria Jenkins (Principal), victoria.jenkins@det.nsw.edu.au, 02 6972 2157

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

The Welcome Experience is a new service supporting essential workers and their families who are thinking of moving or have made the move to a rural location. The service connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Placement details

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

Role description: The successful applicant will be required to teach a primary class full-time, with a focus on improving reading and numeracy outcomes, using data to inform teaching practice.

Additional commitments: Participation in extra-curricular activities based on interest is welcomed

Desired candidate expertise:

• Approval to teach K-6
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the capacity to work collaboratively in a team and build positive relationships with all members of the school community.
• Demonstrated success in developing and delivering high-quality, differentiated teaching and learning programs with an emphasis on student engagement.
• Knowledge of and the ability to implement the Department’s Aboriginal education policy to enhance quality outcomes for all Aboriginal students.
• Commitment to student wellbeing

Accommodation details

Teacher Housing may be available. A variety of other accommodations in the town include private rentals, shared housing and caravan parks.

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

West Wyalong Public School sits on the lands and waterways of the Wiradjuri people, in the town of West Wyalong, which is the major town in the Bland Shire, in the Riverina Region of NSW. The school has historically drawn its enrolments from farms and the rural sector. With the opening of the Cowal Gold Mine, (now called Evolution) our school has seen a change in its cultural dynamic.

Our enrolment numbers are currently 195, with 15% Aboriginal student enrolments and 7% EAL/D students. Our school has many extracurricular opportunities through sport, music, cultural experiences, excursions, leadership initiatives and performances. A whole school wellbeing program has been implemented, to provide extra support for individual student's needs.

Our School Improvement Plan focuses on the need to improve reading and numeracy results across the school with data-literate staff and students and quality teaching and learning. In addition, an emphasis on deeper collaboration and an increased involvement in the school by the community, with a focus on high expectations to improve student learning outcomes.