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About this job
Position Information
Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus (enrolment 700) is a comprehensive co-educational high school for Years 11 and 12 (Stage 6). We are part of a multi-campus collegiate with three middle years 7-10 coeducational campuses (GRC Hurstville, GRC Peakhurst and GRC Penshurst).
Oatley Senior Campus has three identified strategic directions: Student Growth and Attainment, Positive Culture for Learning and Inclusion, and Connection and Attainment. With a strong commitment to fostering a culture of high expectations, the campus supports students in building a solid foundation for lifelong learning within an inclusive and supportive environment. High quality, explicit teaching supports students to build strong foundations and be proud and successful learners.
The campus offers a diverse academic curriculum and is recognised as offering one of the broadest number of courses in the state, including vocational education. The campus has an ethos of young adult learning which is linked to extensive student support programs in learning support and student wellbeing.
Student teacher relationships are based on Positive Behaviour for Learning. Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence underpin our school culture. We engage students, staff and the community in working together to develop confident, socially aware and involved young adults who can make significant contributions to the broader community.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
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Demonstrated experience in leading a Learning Support faculty and promoting inclusive, equitable practices across the school, with a commitment to fostering an environment where all students are able to succeed with improved outcomes, including those with an EAL/D background, diverse learning and mental health needs.
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Comprehensive knowledge and experience in building and embedding a systematic approach to implementing teaching and learning programs and developing teacher capacity to meet the needs of students with a diverse range of additional learning needs.
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Demonstrated ability to be a highly visible, approachable and collaborative leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills to build positive partnerships with students, staff, parents, and Departmental and external support agencies to support students’ wellbeing and academic progress.
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Demonstrated enthusiastic, proactive leader with the ability to work as a dynamic member of the school executive team in leading initiatives that address whole school strategic directions and to manage whole school change through collaborative leadership.
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.