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About this job
Position Information
Cobar High School is a small comprehensive secondary school located in remote NSW, 700kms northwest of Sydney on the traditional lands of the Wongaibon people of the Ngiyampaa nation, with the nearest regional centre of Dubbo 300kms east. Cobar is a mining town with an approximate population of 4000 people.
The school has a student population of 220 students, of whom 26.8% identify as Aboriginal and 6.8% from a Non-English Speaking Background. Our support unit currently consists of 2 Multi-categorical classes to cater for our students with additional needs. The student population is transient with on average (past 7 years) only 38.4% of our Year 12 HSC graduates actually starting their secondary education at Cobar High School.
Cobar High School is predominantly staffed with inexperienced teachers, who work collaboratively, are enthusiastic and provide a range of extra-curricular activities for students. This, along with our extreme isolation, has resulted in the implementation of a Professional Learning Program that is designed to support the learning needs of our students as well as the developmental needs of our staff. This program, along with our scheduled lesson observations, are key to the school fulfilling its commitment of continually improving our effective classroom practices.
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,
- Approval to teach special education and/or demonstrated experience in teaching students with autism, mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, children with challenging behaviours, and mental health concerns.
- A collaborative and inclusive leader with a demonstrated capacity to lead and mange a faculty with diverse expertise and experience to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents, external agencies and the school community.
- Demonstrated ability to work productively and proactively as a member of the executive team to analyse data and, lead and support whole school priorities and initiatives.
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
Cobar High School is a 6 point School and may attract benefits and incentives and in some instances a relocation subsidy. You can check your eligibility via the benefits calculator. Teacher housing may also be available, for further information please contact Teacher Housing Authority: 1300 137 343 (toll free).
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.