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About this job
Position Information
Hastings Secondary College has two 7-12 campuses - Port Macquarie and Westport. The College has grown dynamically with staff, parents and students working together to promote public education in an area spoilt for choice in terms of educational offerings. We have about 160 dedicated teachers consisting of early career, mid–career and experienced teachers, along with support and administrative staff. The student body consists of an enrolment of approximately 1300.
We have created a dynamic learning environment that provides a diverse curriculum that allows students to pursue individual pathways. Port Macquarie Campus has an Aboriginal enrolment of 15%. The Supported Learning faculty at Port Macquarie Campus has an enrolment of approximately 70 students.
We focus on collaborative learning, supported by extensive professional learning for our staff. We have a dynamic transition program that allows students to start secondary school with confidence. There are a variety of sports on offer and uniquely we have a PCYC onsite offering valuable sporting and wellbeing opportunities.
Additional information about Hastings Secondary College and Port Macquarie Campus can be located at https://hastingssecondarycollege-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/
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,
1. Approval to teacher students and/or demonstrated successful experience with Mild or Moderate Intellectual Ability, Autism and Complex Learning needs as well as the ability to lead collaborative development of Individual Education Plans to support social, emotional, personal, behavioural and academic learning needs of students.
2. Demonstrated enthusiastic, proactive leadership with strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to engage and inspire staff, students and the wider community.
3. Capacity to establish and resource inclusive learning environments, including planning and implementing accessible educational spaces that are age appropriate and meet the diverse learning, wellbeing and support needs of students with a disability.
4. Demonstrated strong organisational and administrative skills in managing 8 supported learning classes, balancing classroom teaching with supervisory duties and learning transition programs from 6 to 7 and post-school, ensuring compliance with College, Department and NESA policies.
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.