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About this job
Position Information
Mount View High School has a strong tradition of academic, creative and performing arts and sporting success. The school has a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum that is supported by a variety of programs including Academic Enrichment, Leo's leadership development, as well as award winning Wellbeing programs. Our high quality, specialist facilities include a Learning Exhibition and Performance Centre, STEM centre, Agricultural farm, Indoor and Outdoor gymnasiums, GP clinic and Wellbeing hub. Aboriginal culture is highly valued at our school and the Amarookoba centre provides a facility for tutoring, wellbeing, cultural and mentoring programs for Aboriginal students. Senior students have the benefit of a dedicated Senior space and Cafe, Senior Study Tutor, Futures Centre and opportunities to explore curricula with local secondary schools and TAFE Campuses.
With a student enrolment of approximately 940 students of which 20% are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, the school is a proud member of the Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools (CCGPS) and has a close working relationship with the Korreil Wonnai Aboriginal Education Consultative Group. Mount View also has a presence at the Cessnock Business Chamber of Commerce contributing to delivering local community, employment and training opportunities.
Our priorities include a focus on improving student learning outcomes through explicit, consistent and research-informed quality teaching whilst using student assessment data to inform teaching. Of equal importance is improving student and staff wellbeing using research and evidenced based strategies in a planned approach.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
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Capacity to effectively lead and support staff to develop teaching and learning programs that use evidence-informed strategies and cater for high potential and gifted learners.
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Demonstrated leadership skills that drive high expectations and promote evaluative, data informed, high-quality teaching and learning.
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Demonstrated capacity to effectively engage Aboriginal students, families and community, promoting Aboriginal education as everyone's business and encouraging an increase in the numbers of Aboriginal students reaching their learning potential.
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.