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Teacher General/Secondary - English as an additional language or dialect - Fairfield High School
Teaching Service
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3.9
Sydney NSW
$92,882 - $141,997 a year
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$92,882 - $141,997 a year
Sydney NSW

Full job description

Position Information

Fairfield High School is a comprehensive high school supported by Resource Allocation Model Equity funding and has an enrolment of 1087 students, including 84% from a non-English speaking background. The school has a Special Education Unit catering for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. A well-established Intensive English Centre is located onsite as part of the school with a majority of the students coming from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers. The school has a balance of early career and experienced staff who focus on the delivery of a broad curriculum catering for the needs of individual students. The Community, Achievement, Respect and Environment (CARE) code underpins the ethos of the school. Fairfield High School has a growing parent group with embedded parent and community engagement programs to support student learning and build knowledge and skills for the wider community.

The school is situated on an 18 hectare site which houses state of the art facilities including: two new commercial kitchens, two Hospitality kitchens, refurbished Timber workshops, Ultimate Soccer fields, weights room, gymnasium, and a performing arts and drama studio.



Selection Criteria

  • Approved to teach General and Secondary - English as an additional language or dialect
  • Demonstrated capacity to plan, deliver and evaluate explicit evidence – informed literacy and numeracy instruction, with a focus on improving reading, writing and numeracy outcomes for students in Years 7 and 8. Demonstrated ability to analyse and effectively use student assessment data to identify individual learning needs, implement differentiated teaching strategies and monitor student growth
  • Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with teachers across key learning areas to develop, implement and evaluate high - quality literacy and numeracy teaching resources and strategies that strengthen classroom practice and student learning outcomes
  • Demonstrated expertise in implementing culturally responsive teaching practices to support students from English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) backgrounds, including the ability to differentiate instruction for students with varying language proficiency levels and diverse educational experiences.


Conditions

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.


Special Notes

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.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

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.

How to Apply

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.


To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.


For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.

Application contact details

If you have questions or would like to learn more about this role, please reach out to the contact below:

Contact
Kim O'Sullivan 02 9727 2111

Application close date
04 November 2026 at 4:00pm

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