Location

Regional NSW

Advertisement Number

A900158773

Total Remuneration Package

Remuneration package valued at up to $156,253.00. Base salary ranges from $90,177.00 to $137,861.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

School Name

Menindee Central School

FTE

1.000

Contact Name

Fiona Kelly

Contact Phone number

08 8091 4409

Contact School Admin

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Closing Date

04-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Menindee Central School is the hub of the Menindee township, situated on the banks of the Darling River, approximately 1100km from Sydney, in the Far West of NSW.

The school has a current enrolment of approximately 80 students, including 85% Aboriginal students. The school has a supportive Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and community. Our motivated and caring staff inspire children to develop a lifelong love of learning through a collaborative, trauma-informed approach. We provide innovative and challenging educational programs and pedagogies, while continually striving for improvement and excellence in teaching and learning.

Menindee Central School has a strong focus on inclusive and explicit teaching practices, ensuring that every student is known, valued and supported. Individual wellbeing and academic needs are carefully considered to create an environment where each student can thrive.

Menindee Central School is part of the Connected Communities Strategy. Connected Communities is a strategy to drive improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people.



The strategy positions schools as community hubs that broaden the influence of the community and school leadership in the delivery of key services that support children and young people from birth through school into further training, study and employment.

Our public preschool is an approved early childhood education and care service,operating underthe requirements of the National Quality Framework.We provide a safe,secure andqualityplay-based and intentional educational programtosupport every child to make a strong start in life and learning and experience a successful transition to school. We are committed to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children. This role includes clear child safety responsibilities, including mandatory reporting, and requires a strong commitment to maintaining a child-safe environment by recognising, responding and reporting concerns and taking part in ongoing training and improvement of child protected practices.

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach preschool holding an ACECQA approved teaching qualification, with working knowledge of and ability to implement the National Quality Framework including Early Childhood Education and Care National Law & Regulations and National Quality Standards.

Demonstrated commitment to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children.





Demonstrated capacity to plan and implement a preschool program based on the Early Years Learning Framework, including a thorough understanding of age-appropriate pedagogies including play-based learning and intentional teaching.

Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with students and families from diverse backgrounds through excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills to manage the complexity of a preschool setting.

Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a whole school team, including specialist school-based staff and external agencies, to design, implement and evaluate effective programs transitions for students into primary school.

A commitment to embedding cultural responsiveness into the preschool program.

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. The department is committed to protecting and promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of all children.

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

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