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About this job
Position Information
Oberon High School is a small comprehensive high school serving a picturesque rural community approximately two hours west of Sydney and half an hour from Bathurst. Oberon's major employing industry is the production of timber and agriculture. The school has 210 students inclusive of 14% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, 8% English as an Additional Language or Dialect students and 6% of students requiring additional support. The school’s vision focuses on a student driven learning focus and a culture of high expectations, inspiring everyone to perform at their best. The school aims to work collaboratively with all members of the school community to provide enhanced opportunities for every student to succeed. The school has an experienced staff and a small proportion of early career teachers. School priorities include quality teaching, increased use of technology, development of high expectations in all aspects of school life and extensive wellbeing programs. The school enjoys great community support with significant sponsorship of programs and events each year. Extracurricular activities are very important to the life of the school and provide additional opportunities for students. These include sport, cultural, leadership and curriculum experiences ensuring a breadth of choices. This is essential in creating a whole school atmosphere that encourages ongoing and positive connections with our school for all students every day.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Science.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead the design and delivery of high-quality secondary teaching and learning programs plus assessments that focus on continuous improvement, high expectations and cater for a diverse range of learners including High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE).
- Demonstrated ability to lead through strong interpersonal and communication skills to support and effectively manage a multidisciplinary faculty with varied experience's and a diverse range of skills.
- Proven ability to work as part of the executive team focusing on delivering the school’s strategic vision, and to drive change and continuous improvement.
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.