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About this job
Position Information
Walgett Community College is located 290 kilometres north-west of Dubbo, near the junctions of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers. The High School has a Year 7-12 enrolment of 110 students, including approximately 96% Aboriginal students. The High School Campus offers two trade training centres that deliver courses in hospitality, metal and engineering, and construction.
Walgett Community College offers a range of programs that support students to learn about their identity and culture, improve wellbeing and build expectations for success. The school is part of the Connected Communities Strategy. Connected Communities is a strategy to drive improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people. The strategy positions schools as community hubs that broaden the influence of the community and school leadership in the delivery of key services that support children and young people from birth through school into further training, study and employment.
The Head Teacher Secondary Studies has a key responsibility to work the the Head Teacher Mentor and Head Teacher Teaching and Learning to build staff capacity in instructional practice, planning, assessment and reporting. The role requires high level teaching skills and knowledge of evidence based practice and an ability to develop and implement effective professional learning for staff.
Walgett Community College - High School is an 8 point school and as such attracts additional benefits and incentives. Please refer to: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives/how-the-benefits-work
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,
- Capacity to lead the development and implementation of high quality Vocational Programs for students at the school.
- Demonstrated knowledge of HSC Minimum Standards and the ability to lead improvement in HSC completion rates.
- Capacity to lead improvement in literacy and numeracy outcomes for Aboriginal students to ensure success in vocational pathways and programs.
- Demonstrated capacity to work as part of a team to improve outcomes for Aboriginal students.
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
Successful applicants may be entitled to a relocation support payment of $5,000 to $8,000 for eligible applicants.
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.