Head Teacher Science - Lake Macquarie High School

Permanent full-time job at Lake Macquarie High School (Booragul, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000B96O
Closing date May 27, 2026, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Marmong St, Booragul 2284 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Brendan Maher
49581544

About this job

Position Information

Lake Macquarie High School is a dynamic coeducational secondary school located on the shore of Lake Macquarie neighbouring culturally historic sites in the Booragul, Speers Point and Fennell bay areas. Our ethos is “Aspire, Embrace, Innovate”, whereby we ensure every child is inspired to do their best within an accepting school community with staff continually improving their practice through strategic professional learning. The current enrolment is 475 students (20% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 4% Pasifika) with an expected student enrolment exceeding 600 by 2029.

With a focus on high expectations and explicit teaching, staff collaborate with each other to design and embed the new curriculum across all KLA’s. Our effective Learning and Support processes ensure that every student is catered for with teaching and learning developed to meet their needs. The school has strong links with its partner Primary Schools through a highly effective transition program and growing number of cross-site activities and events, providing enrichment for students from Year 3 to Year 10.

Lake Macquarie High School is a High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE) partner school and has had significant upgrades delivered to the teaching facilities such as new TAS workshops, a Marine Ecology/Aquatic Technology lab and workshop, new commercial kitchen and recording studio. These facilities will be used to further bolster and enrich the Science and TAS curriculum and foster stronger community links, such as our partnerships with the Lake Macquarie Art Gallery “yapang”.

The school has a strong wellbeing focus, with numerous processes established to monitor and support student attendance, sense of belonging and engagement. The school builds student agency to access various pathways of learning through effective subject selection processes, Careers and Transition processes, including School Based Traineeships and ongoing monitoring of student learning.

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, 
1. Demonstrated ability to provide strong educational leadership to a diverse team, ensuring a high expectations culture, modelling explicit teaching and driving student engagement across all Science disciplines, including emerging curriculum. 
2. Demonstrated capacity to effectively lead, and manage a HPGE focus across a wide-sprectrum of science programs ensuring inclusive, high-quality provision for students with diverse interests and cultural backgrounds.
3. Proven ability to contibute actively as a dynamic member of the executive leadership team and lead initiatives that advance whole school strategic goals utilising school resources, facilities and community partnerships. 
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.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here. 

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

 

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