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About this job
Position Information
James Ruse Agricultural High School, located in Carlingford in north-west Sydney, is a coeducational, academically selective high school with an enrolment of 860 students, including 97% from a non-English speaking background. The school aims to provide highly gifted students with learning driven by curiosity and challenge. Our staff help our students develop skills, knowledge and perspectives with an emphasis on collaboration, self-direction and pedagogy that inspires lifelong learning. Our broad curriculum, including an accelerated study of Agriculture for all students from Years 7-10, and a plethora of varied co-curricular experiences helps to develop students into active citizens who will make positive contributions to the world. For more information
https://jamesruse-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. Proven ability to lead, develop and evaluate proactive, student-centred wellbeing strategies, and to effectively embed these across the whole school community while supporting the wellbeing, engagement and achievement of High Potential and Gifted (HPG) learners.
2. Capability to use data to inform wellbeing planning and embed the school’s strategic directions for proactive support.
3. Demonstrated skill and leadership in managing complex student needs, collaborating with wellbeing staff, parents, families and external agencies to promote inclusion and equity outcomes for students.
4. Demonstrated experience or capacity to coordinate a Wellbeing Team including Year Advisers, Student Support Officer, School Counsellors, and Student Learning and Support Officers to deliver integrated student support services.
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.