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About this job
Position Information
St Ives High School is a comprehensive coeducational school with a current enrolment over 1730 students. 32% of students are from non-English speaking backgrounds and the gender balance is approximately 57% boys and 43% girls. An Autism class is being established this year which will operate alongside two long established Hearing support classes. St Ives High School is also home to an Intensive English centre, a long running high performance and gifted education program and a substantial learning and support program, all of which are valued by the community. There have been significant advances in infrastructure in recent years resulting in improved teaching and learning facilities including a new gym which is about to be extended, in a joint project with Ku-ring-gai Council. The school’s curriculum is based on KLAs and the school runs a substantial wellbeing program. There is a mix of early career and experienced teachers who have played a significant role in improved HSC results in recent years. The school has an active supportive and highly engaged P&C and the community has high expectations for student involvement and achievement.
Northern Sydney Intensive English Centre is a regional unit attached to St Ives High School. It has a current enrolment of 220 students including 62 international students, servicing more than 36 local and regional high schools. It has a diverse group of students ranging from year 6 to year 11, with differing literacy and numeracy needs. The IEC also has students with intellectual and learning needs.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach English as a Second Language. (ESS code)
2. Demonstrated ability to successfully lead a team and ensure high quality teaching and learning programs, assessment, curriculum implementation and resource development to cater for EAL/D students of all ability levels.
3. Demonstrated capacity to be involved in wellbeing programs that cater for a diverse group of student needs.
4. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to lead teams and foster relationships between students, parents and staff and the proven capacity to be a contributing member of the leadership team.
5. Evidence of support for staff to establish relevant and contextual goals for their growth and development which lead to improvement.
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.
The commencement date for this position will be day 1 of the 2025 school year.