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About this job
Position Information
Auburn Girls High School has an academically selective cohort, an additional high potential and gifted class, and mainstream classes. The school also has a support unit, and an active Learning and Support Team. There is a strong focus on quality teaching, effective support for learning and wellbeing, and dynamic, creative, and positive learning environments. The school has an enrolment of approximately 850 students, 98% of whom have a language background other than English.
Auburn Girls High School has a well-established reputation for academic excellence, with consistently strong HSC and NAPLAN outcomes. The school offers a broad and differentiated curriculum and co-curricular opportunities, providing students with rich opportunities to maximise academic and personal excellence.
The school community is committed to fostering inclusive, engaging and supportive learning environments that promote the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of every student. The school’s motto, Learn, Lead, Succeed, reflects its commitment to empowering young women to achieve success and contribute positively to their communities.
General Selection Criteria
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria,
1. Proven ability to foster and sustain a positive, inclusive school culture aligned with the school’s core values, including proactive engagement with parents and the wider school community.
2. Proven ability to collaborate with the executive team to lead strategic learning initiatives by driving whole-school programs that maximise student academic achievement and learning outcomes.
3. Demonstrated experience in successfully managing complex wellbeing concerns fostering engagement, attendance and a positive culture across a diverse student population.
4. Demonstrated experience in leading high-impact professional learning by building teacher capacity to deliver high-quality, differentiated instruction for a wide range of learners that supports the School Excellence Plan.
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.