Head Teacher - Human Society and its Environment - Ashcroft High School

Permanent full-time job at Ashcroft High School (Ashcroft New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B9BF

Closing date August 12, 2026, 2 a.m. (AEST)

Location Maxwells Ave, Ashcroft 2168 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Ted Noon
02 9607 8011

About this job

Position Information

Ashcroft High School has an enrolment of over 700, including 70% LBOTE and 16% students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. The school receives equity funding to assist considerable economic and social disadvantage. AHS has at its core a well-developed sense of vision and purpose, from which the Whole Person is at the centre supported by various interconnecting layers (the School Plan). This focus means all aspects of human development are equally acknowledged and developed in order to assist comprehensive educational outcomes. The school is working on a research-based early-years community learning continuum that also includes a health-learning profile. The young person is at the centre, surrounded by high-level teaching and learning - the NSW DoE Quality Teaching framework launched in 2003 - and is embedded in practice across all programs since that time and supporting high-order outcomes. The school has a Learning Centre assisting in particular the transition of Stage 4 students; Health and Student Support Services faculties, and the Ashcroft Research Centre (ARC) which includes international published research.

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

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,

1. To be part of an executive team leading a holistic learning approach to human development [the whole person] and an interconnected community model.

2. To be part of an executive team that supports a wide range of student learning capacities entering the school, while engendering excitement in practice.

3. To see learning as a integrated whole, i.e., awareness of all core elements of contemporary schooling in preparing young people fully for their post-school world.

4. To recognise and embrace the NSW DoE Quality Teaching model (2003) as a critical intellectual adjunct to teacher and support in the classroom.

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 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.

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