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About this job
Position Information
Mount View High School is a school of high expectations and strong values, where around 940 students, including 24% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, thrive through a broad and balanced curriculum, programs such as Academic Enrichment, Leo’s leadership development and award-winning wellbeing initiatives, and specialist facilities including a STEM centre, agricultural farm, Wellbeing Hub, Futures Centre and the culturally safe Amarookoba Centre. Senior students benefit from dedicated study support and pathways through local schools and TAFE, while strong partnerships with the Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools, the Korreil Wonnai Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and the Cessnock Business Chamber enrich community connection and employment opportunities. Our focus is on improving learning through consistent, research-informed teaching and effective use of assessment data, alongside evidence-based strategies that support student and staff wellbeing.
As Head Teacher of Mathematics, you will lead the faculty across Years 7 to 12, providing instructional leadership and mentoring, overseeing programming and assessment in line with NESA requirements, using data to monitor progress and target support, and fostering an inclusive culture where every student builds confidence, resilience and an appreciation for mathematics, while maintaining strong links with students, families and the community.
https://mountview-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
- Demonstrate how you lead explicit teaching strategies that appropriately challenge and support every learner, including High Potential and Gifted students, through your own practice and by building colleagues’ capability.
- Illustrate how you use data sources and research-informed approaches to lead your faculty in identifying learning needs, refine teaching practices, and demonstrate measurable improvement in mathematics across Years 7 to 12.
- Demonstrate your leadership ability to strengthen the quality of the teaching and learning cycle in Stage 6 to enhance student outcomes through high expectations and consistent, effective pedagogy.
- Explain how you create an inclusive learning environment that responds to the diverse social, cultural and emotional needs of students, including Aboriginal students and students with additional learning needs.
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.