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A bilingual school committed to integrating Warlpiri and English literacy is seeking passionate primary and secondary teachers for 2025! Are you ready to learn, collaborate as part of a team, and bring the intercultural understanding and respect needed to build strong, trusting relationships with students and the community?
Located approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs on a sealed road, the school has approximately 220 students ranging from birth to Year 12. 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 have a high level of intercultural awareness whilst working closely with a Warlpiri Assistant Teacher. The Assistant Teacher leads the teaching and learning of Warlpiri language and culture and supports you in other areas. You will collaborate to plan, teach, assess, and report on all curriculum areas, ensuring that all students can access the curriculum through differentiated planning, instruction, and assessment. 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 our 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.
The school is seeking teachers for 2025, with positions available in Year 1/2, Year 3/4, Year 4/5, and Year 5/6 classes, as well as a secondary teaching role for a Years 7–9 all-boys class. Due to cultural considerations, a male teacher is preferred for the secondary role, with the ability to teach across the curriculum. 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.
The Perks!
The school will provide the following benefits: