Teacher Languages - Finigan School of Distance Education
Employment
Full time, Permanent
Subject
General Teaching
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Secondary
Salary range
Closing date
4 November 2026
Posted 22 Oct 2026
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School type
Co-educational
Year range
K-12
School staff (FTE)
81.1
67.7 teaching · 13.4 non-teaching
Students per teacher
1.2:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
84
Indigenous students
10%
Language other than English
20%
Girls vs boys
47 girls · 37 boys
Socio-educational background
Around the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
Finigan School of Distance Education is a K–12 government school based in Queanbeyan, NSW, delivering education to students across a broad geographic area through a technology-driven, distance education model. The school operates under the motto "Connected through learning," reflecting its core purpose of bridging physical distance to provide equitable access to quality schooling. The school's curriculum offering extends beyond standard distance education, encompassing high potential and gifted education and single-course curriculum access, allowing students to enrol in individual subjects to complement their primary schooling elsewhere. Named programs include Life Ready and Mini Schools, broadening the range of experiences available to distance learners. Finigan's facilities are purpose-built for remote delivery, featuring 20 web-lesson studios that form the backbone of its online teaching operations. Specialist spaces include a movement studio, a green screen studio, and a lightboard studio, equipping staff to produce engaging, high-quality instructional content that replicates and extends what students might experience in a conventional classroom setting.
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Finigan School of Distance Education (FSDE) is a purpose-built K-12 distance education school located in Queanbeyan NSW. The school has 83 full-time equivalent teaching staff and over 800 enrolments. The school has been specifically designed to meet the needs of distance education students and teachers. The school has 20 web lesson studios and 2 video production studios. Each teacher is equipped with a Microsoft Surface Pro for the delivery of live lessons and the digital annotation of student work. Teachers deliver live web lessons for each course each week, supported by independent online learning and personalised digital feedback. The school has a learning hub located in south-eastern NSW where students can access face-to-face teacher support. Residential schools operate at regular intervals throughout the year. Teachers also conduct field visi…