Head Teacher Science - Billabong High School

Job Reference 0000ASN9
Closing date April 9, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Gordon St, Culcairn 2660 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Julie Bowen
02 6029 8377

About this job

Position Information

Billabong High School is a rural comprehensive high school located in the Greater Hume Shire between Albury and Wagga Wagga. The student population is approximately 330 students with a teaching staff allocation in 2024 of 37.4. The school is situated on Wiradjuri land and eleven percent of the student population identify as having an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background.

Students travel from a number of local townships to attend Billabong High School and the school works in partnership with the community to seek high quality educational outcomes for all students. Priorities include: pursuing excellence in line with the School Excellence Framework, driving literacy and numeracy growth, collaborative practice, and the development of an inclusive and positive school culture that promotes wellbeing for both students and staff alike. 

As of 2024, the school is fully staffed and has a broad range of teachers at various career stages. Higher accreditation is proactively sought, with a strong focus on continual improvement in teaching practice. There is a supportive and collegial culture amongst staff and collective efficacy is a focus and priority.

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, 

Evidence of highly effective communication and interpersonal skills to lead a faculty to deliver high-quality teaching and learning programs

Demonstrated ability to build staff capacity and instil a culture of high expectations to achieve faculty priorities.

Demonstrated ability as a collaborative and visible leader who works effectively with the executive to implement whole school priorities.

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.

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