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About this job
Position Information
Mount Annan High School is a comprehensive co–educational school offering an extensive curriculum for 880 students, including a support unit of seven classes and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cohort 7%. Our school motto is 'Be the best you can be' and our core values are: Co-operate, Respect and Strive. Student leadership is constantly supported through the SRC and our students have a very high positive profile in the community. Established in 2003, we are very well supported in our community by our parents and local organisations. Over 40% of our staff are new to the school in the past six years including all of the Senior Executive and most of the Executive team. Whilst we constantly strive for excellence, we test ourselves against our annual school targets and communicate via evaluation and feedback with our community on a regular basis. We have built a curriculum path that is individualised and strives to attain aspirational goals in reading and numeracy, HSC results, wellbeing and attendance, and moving all students forward to achieve these goals.
Our school is committed to providing rich programs and explicit instruction to develop higher order skills in analysing, critical thinking, problem solving and technology enabling all students to 'be the best they can be'.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
- High-level educational expertise to lead a Science Faculty and ensure teaching and learning programs align to the NSW curriculum and are differentiated to support a diverse range of student learning needs.
- Demonstrated capacity for strong faculty leadership with a focus on high impact professional learning, to inspire and build the capacity of teachers with a diverse range of skills and experiences.
- Demonstrated leadership capacity to work as a member of the executive to drive school initiatives, contribute to the School Excellence Plan and contribute to a culture of high expectations.
- Proven interpersonal and communication skills to build positive and productive relationships with staff, parents, carers, and the wider community.
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.