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About this job
Position Information
Hastings Secondary College Westport Campus is a comprehensive secondary school in Port Macquarie, providing a diverse and inclusive learning environment where every student is known, valued and supported to achieve their personal best. The campus offers a broad curriculum and a range of academic, vocational, wellbeing and transition pathways. Westport Campus has a strong Supported Learning faculty catering for students with diverse and complex learning, communication, behavioural and wellbeing needs. The Head Teacher Inclusive/Special Education will provide strategic leadership of Supported Learning and strengthen inclusive practice across the campus, building staff capability and promoting high expectations, engagement and positive outcomes for students with disability. As a member of the school executive team, the successful applicant will contribute to whole-school priorities and work collaboratively with staff, students, families and community partners to strengthen learning, wellbeing and successful pathways for all students.
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, applicant must address the following specific criteria.
- Approval to teach Special Education and demonstrated expertise in meeting the complex learning, communication, behavioural and wellbeing needs of students with disability.
- Capacity to lead, develop and support staff in designing, implementing and evaluating differentiated, evidence-based teaching and learning programs that improve student outcomes.
- Demonstrated capacity to contribute as an effective member of the executive team, fostering collaboration, shared responsibility and whole-school improvement.
- Proven experience in creating inclusive learning environments and leading partnerships with families and external agencies to support successful transitions from school to post-school pathways.
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.