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About this job
Position Information
Kirrawee High School, located in the Sutherland Shire, has a strong tradition of excellence in academics, arts, sports, and languages. With over 50 years of history, the school offers a broad curriculum and co-curricular activities, emphasising music, sports, student leadership, social justice, languages, and public speaking/debating. The school has 1175 enrolments, 90 teaching staff, and 24 non-teaching staff, with 11% of teachers in their early careers. Students come from 33 nationalities, with 7% speaking a language other than English at home and 2% identifying as Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander. The school is proud to host 3 Autism Support Classes. The school enjoys strong community support and focuses on developing students into active global citizens, emphasising critical thinking, independence, and emotional intelligence. The 2022-2026 Strategic Improvement Plan aims to maximize student learning outcomes, enhance staff pedagogical skills, and nurture student wellbeing, with a focus on HSC performance and differentiated learning.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
A proven ability to lead and support a diverse team of teachers, fostering a positive and collaborative faculty culture. Evidence of strong interpersonal skills, with the capacity to build relationships and effectively manage staff.
Experience in leading curriculum planning, programming, and implementation in alignment with current and future curriculum reforms, with a proven ability to drive faculty-wide improvements in teaching and learning by embedding best practice pedagogies across all science disciplines.
Extensive knowledge and experience in developing and implementing faculty processes and procedures that align with the NSW Department of Education and whole-school policies and practices, including the effective management of science-specific processes.
Expertise in leading and mentoring staff to develop and implement differentiated and evidence-based teaching practices that cater to a diverse range of learners, including gifted and high-potential students, students with additional learning needs, and those requiring targeted intervention.
The ability to analyse student performance data to drive faculty improvement initiatives, with a focus on lifting HSC results. Capacity to implement targeted strategies to improve student outcomes, including supporting staff in using data to inform their teaching and assessment practices.
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.