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About this job
Position Information
Picton High School has approximately 1,180 students including 10% of students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and 3% of students from an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) background. The school also has eleven support classes to accommodate the 70 students with identified learning and support needs. We are located southwest of Sydney between Camden and Mittagong and have a regional outlook. There are seven primary schools in our drawing area. Approximately 115 teachers and support staff work to provide a quality education for our students.
Our community is a working community with a strong sporting ethos. Our parents want the best for their children including post-school opportunities for employment, training, and university. Staff have been developing skills in future-focused pedagogies and purchasing state-of-the art resources to engage our 21st-century learning. We are looking to prioritise resources in this area to further engage our stage 4 students.
We have a strong junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and we are keen to develop even more opportunities to engage with our wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
General Selection Criteria
- Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
- Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
- Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
- Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
- Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
- Strong interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills to lead a large and dynamic HSIE faculty through daily operational challenges in addition to long-term faculty and school-wide goals at Picton High School
- Demonstrated ability to lead innovative programming and assessment practices ensuring compliance with HSC monitoring procedures and adherence to NESA guidelines to improve student outcomes.
- Demonstrated capability to lead processes that support the emotional, social and academic development of all students.
- Educational Leadership skills to identify and develop areas of need to support implementation of initiatives, and monitor and evaluate progress.
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.