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About this job
Position Information
Maclean High School is located on the South Arm of the Clarence River on the North Coast of N.S.W. sitting on the land of the Yaegl people. The school has approximately 700 students which include 14% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and 5 Support classes.
The curriculum, class structures and education programs are designed to accommodate the diverse needs of our community and provide pathways extending from academic and tertiary education to vocational pathways including school-based apprenticeships and traineeships.
The school has excellent facilities including, a Trade Training Centre, an agriculture farm in which students and the wider community engage with the successful cattle team, a modern library, air-conditioned classrooms, technology integrated across the school, a Creative and Performing Arts program that is acclaimed across the region and a range of individual and teams sport successes.
Maclean High School staff and students follow our core values of:
Respect, Effort, Safe = RES
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach Technology Mandatory and at least one Stage 6 TAS subject.
- Ability to provide educational leadership to a diverse team with a focus on high expectations, quality teaching and learning and student engagement across a broad range of VET and TAS subjects.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships with all stakeholders and engage students, staff and the community.
- Demonstrated capacity to be a dynamic member of the executive leadership team and lead initiatives that address whole school strategic directions.
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 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.