2025 - Accommodation, Remote Allowance, Uplift, Teaching Duos, Courses
A bilingual school committed to integrating Warlpiri and English literacy is seeking a Two-Way Learning leader for 2025! Collaborate and partner with community leaders and Elders, the Bilingual Resource Develop Unit (BRDU) and the Learning in Country Team (LinC) to provide educational leadership and professional development across the school.
Located approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs on a sealed road, the school has approximately 220 students ranging from birth to Year 12, with over 95% speaking Warlpiri as their first language. It embraces a Two-Way approach to education, delivering bilingual teaching and learning in both Warlpiri and English. Central to its curriculum is the Warlpiri Theme Cycle, which integrates the NT Indigenous Languages and Culture Curriculum with the Australian Curriculum. Developed collaboratively by Warlpiri Elders and educators, the Warlpiri Theme Cycle forms the foundation of the school’s curriculum. It spans twelve themes over a three-year cycle and plays a vital role in the robust Learning-in-Country program. Education at the school is delivered by a team-teaching model where a Warlpiri Assistant Teacher works with a Classroom Teacher. This approach leverages the rich linguistic and cultural heritage, knowledge, and capabilities that students bring, creating a dynamic and inclusive learning environment.
You will lead, coordinate and evaluate the design, development and delivery of programs using a bilingual approach that supports the teaching and learning in both Warlpiri and English in accordance with NT Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting policy, school-based curriculum and policies, including the Warlpiri Theme Cycle. You will have a high level of intercultural awareness whilst working closely with a Warlpiri Assistant Teachers, community leaders and Elders. The Assistant Teacher leads the teaching and learning of Warlpiri language and culture in the classroom alongside a classroom teacher. The school places a strong emphasis on literacy support, with a focus on explicit literacy instruction and synthetic phonics.
The Learning in Country Program (LinC) allows students to experience teaching and learning of language and cultural in Country with Senior Warlpiri Educators, Teachers and Elders. In addition, all the teaching teams deliver Literacy instruction in both Warlpiri and English using a synthetic phonics approach (Warlpiri Phonics & Read Write Inc.), Mathematics is delivered using Learning Through Doing and the Social and Emotional Learning program is based on the Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships resource developed by Melbourne University. Utilising EAL/D strategies and trauma-informed practices is critical to building healthy and productive relationships with the students. In 2024, the school has worked together to build whole school approaches to support student behaviour and inclusive practices and to support the students to be engaged, be well and to be learning. In 2025, the school is hoping to strengthen their school approaches to curriculum and assessment, as well as to continue focusing on building the capacity of our teaching teams to design quality teaching and learning programs. As part of the school community, you will participate in a week-long camp in August, an event that brings together students, teachers, and the broader community.
As one of the largest remote communities in the Central region, the community has a range of services including an art centre, a swimming pool, 2 shops, childcare, mediation services, night patrol service, a shire council office, aged care, NT Govt. Power & Water Office, women’s refuge centre, rangers’ office, dialysis unit and a police station.
This is an ongoing full-time position. The school is also seeking primary and secondary teachers for 2025. The school is leveraging increased funding from the NT and Australian Governments to reduce class sizes, enabling teaching teams to deliver more targeted and effective instruction. Positions are full-time for 2025, with potential extensions. Shorter-term placements may also be considered for suitable candidates. Opportunities are available for partners in roles such as maintenance, groundskeeping, administration, cleaning, and classroom support. Additionally, there is a high likelihood of other employment opportunities within the community.
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