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About this job
Position Information
Elizabeth Macarthur High School is a partially selective high school in Narellan Vale with 1389 students, including 67 Aboriginal students and 20% English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) students. The school has a mission statement that is at the centre of all processes and practices, "Shaping the future by pursuing excellence and creating boundless opportunities”. The school has a learning platform that includes 4Matt, Gerric and Glasser and has strong curriculum links with its feeder primary schools. The school has a trade training centre as well as links with local universities and is involved with many community of schools partnerships with other high schools. The School is setting up a support unit of three classes, 2 Autism and 1 Multi-categorical class in 2025.
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,
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Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience and expertise in effectively meeting the needs of students with a range of disabilities.
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Capacity to establish responsive systems and processes to create an inclusive learning environment and curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners.
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Highly developed organisational skills to foster a culture of inclusion and high expectations, working collaboratively with the whole staff in the establishment of a new disability support unit.
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Demonstrated capacity to utilise a flexible approach which motivates a dynamic team of staff to foster transition support for students and connection to programs both within and outside the school community to ensure long term successful outcomes for 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.
All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites (nsw.gov.au). The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department’s latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.
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.