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About this job
Position Information
Springwood High School is proudly comprehensive in nature and purpose, with a current enrolment of 605 students, 8% of students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students, offering challenging and diverse learning opportunities with high expectations of all. These opportunities extend across academic, sporting and cultural domains. Strong educational leadership, ongoing professional learning and dedicated teachers serve to create a positive, supportive and dynamic learning environment. The school motto of Press Onward is the foundation for our rich and thriving school community. We affirm our commitment to the values of fairness, equity, difference, diversity and excellence in the service of great educational outcomes for our students. The senior school is currently transitioning out of the Combined Senior Curriculum (CSC) model to a conventional HSC delivery model. The school is strongly supported by a range of external stakeholders, and forms an important part of our wider community. Our school also has an off-campus support unit located at Glenbrook that is comprised of three classes.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Dance 7-12 and a willingness to teach PDHPE
- Proven ability to design and deliver dynamic and engaging teaching programs that cater to a wide range of student interests, abilities and backgrounds.
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Ability to use effective classroom management strategies to create a classroom environment that is engaging, inclusive and fosters a culture of high expectations.
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Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to build positive relationships with staff, students, parents, and the community through extra curricular opportunities within the Creative and Performing Arts.
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.
This is a permanent part-time position of 3 days per week, 0.6FTE (full time equivalent).
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.