About this job
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Tannum Sands State High School
Tannum Sands State High School opened in 1998 minutes from the beach in the coastal community of Boyne Island and Tannum Sands. The school's motto Creating Our Futures is well supported by business and industy in the Gladstone region, with many students taking advantage of extra-curricular oipportunities and making the successful transition to apprenticehsips, training and tertiary education.
The 3 core values of Respect, Responsibility and Execllence are embedded throughout our school as we strive to create an inclusive and restorative leanring environment. The applicant will need to display a strong commitment to our school's partnership with Real schools and aimplementation of the Resilliance project to build the emotional intelligence of sudents.
About the Role
This Head of Department position will be suited to an energetic and future-focused individual who has the ability to lead the Faculty to engender excitement and passion in teachers to deliver V9 of the Australian Curriculum and senior Modern History, Legal Studies and Business in the Humanities subjects. The preferred candidate will have a strong student-focused approach and ability to build strong professional relationships with students, teachers, parents and the community. They will lead their faculty to co-design and deliver high quality pedagogy and learning experience.
As the Head of Department - Humanities, you will:
- Lead curriculum focus in line with school and departmental initiatives
- Participate in delivering the vision of State Schools Division
- Develop the quality of teaching and learning
- Lead staff through cycles of systematic curriculum delivery
- Set high standards for student and staff performance.
- Nurture positive relationships between students, teachers and stakeholders
- Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page response to the How you will/may be assessed section of the attached role description.
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Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
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Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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