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About this job
Position Information
Endeavour Sports High School embraces academic excellence as its number one priority. Endeavour is a designated Sports High School situated in the south of Sydney that has a student population of over 1300, with 5.1% of students identifying as Aboriginal. It is a comprehensive, co-educational high school which provides a caring, disciplined, well-resourced environment where all students can achieve their potential through quality teaching and learning.
The school is dedicated to academic excellence, citizenship, elite sports and the arts. The core values of our school are: academic excellence, personal best, commitment and respect. Our Extension Class and STEM programs are ensuring that we cater for our high potential and gifted students, and our High Expectations Policy guarantees that all our students put learning first. Endeavour provides a broad curriculum and we have successful programs in the creative and performing arts including dance, art, music and drama. We also have high achieving debating, public speaking and chess programs.
We currently offer 14 Targeted Sports Programs and have partnerships with elite sporting organisations including Sydney FC, the Sydney Swans, Cricket NSW, Basketball NSW, Baseball NSW, Hockey NSW and the Cronulla Sharks National Rugby League club. We use formative data driven practices that ensure students are engaged in the educational and talent development programs we provide, and that teachers engage in professional learning to deliver quality differentiated instruction to cater for all students. The monitoring and tracking of student learning through formative and school based assessment is a major focus. The school analyses student progress and utilises achievement data to improve practice. Teachers respond to trends in student achievement at individual, group and whole school levels.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Visual Arts (7-12), approval to teach Visual Design and approval to teach Photography and Digital Media
- Capacity to build a culture of high expectations through delivering effective, engaging, differentiated teaching programs and resources
- Demonstrated effective classroom management skills and ability to cater to the needs of students with diverse educational needs.
- Well-developed interpersonal, communication and organisation skills with the capacity to work as a collaborative member of the CAPA faculty, and establish positive, respectful relationships with students, staff and families.
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
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.