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About this job
Position Information
John Edmondson High School, with an enrolment of approximately 1050 students, including 58% of students from a non-English speaking background and 27 Aboriginal students, is a dynamic Year 7 - 12 comprehensive co-educational high school. The school serves a community in South-West Sydney in the Glenfield area that includes a wide range of families from diverse cultural and socio-economic groups living in suburban, as well as semi-rural environments. The school has an extensive curriculum and promotes academic, sporting and leadership development and achievement. Innovative features include extensive technological resources and numerous opportunities for student enrichment. Strong links with partner Primary Schools as well as external providers are being extended to further develop student opportunities for learning and success. Applicants should refer to the school website for additional information:
https://jedmondson-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Demonstrated ability to manage daily school operations, including daily staff cover organisation, examination scheduling, duty rosters, variations to routines and manage casual staff with proven high-level organisational skills required to manage the complexities of this role while maintaining effective teaching practices.
2. Demonstrated expertise in designing and constructing complex school timetable and ability to manage and improve administrative systems including Sentral, reporting and School Bytes to support teaching and learning across the school.
3. Proven ability to collaborate with school leadership in driving strategic directions, leading whole-school initiatives, and implementing initiatives focused on monitoring and improving attendance for measurable improvement.
4. Demonstrated capacity to implement a range of future-focused pedagogies and build staff capacity in empowering students to take ownership of their learning, resulting in improved learning outcomes.
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
The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.