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About this job
Position Information
Kellyville High School, located on the land of the Dharug People in the Hills Shire of northwestern Sydney, is a coeducational comprehensive school of 872 students including 4% of students requiring English as a Language Dialect (EALD) support, 13 students identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and an Inclusive Education Unit of 42 students.
A Middle and Senior School structure supports students and staff in developing a productive and inclusive learning environment. Middle School - Years 7, 8 and 9 - has a focus on wellbeing, literacy, numeracy, school culture, adapting to high school systems and expectations and building partnerships with our local primary schools. Senior school - Years 10,11 and 12 - has a focus on wellbeing, academic rigour, school to work or tertiary studies, citizenship and building partnerships with outside agencies. There are transition points in Years 10, 11 and 12 reflecting the individual goals of students.
The learning and wellbeing of all students is underpinned by a strong, proactive and supportive wellbeing team that ensures all students and staff are valued and cared for and have access to emotional and social support. This support is extended to include our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) framework to instil the school values of aspirational, respectful and resilient students, staff and parents/carers. The school has undertaken the implementation of a whole school resilience program, equipping students with explicit strategies to cope with challenge.
Students are offered a wide range of co-curricular activities focusing on the creative and performing arts, debating, sport, the environment, student leadership and the Duke of Edinburgh Program. All individual year groups have committed to a charity of their choice to support through fundraising.
The school has strong collaborative relationships with our local partner primary schools, P&C and the broader community.
Our current Strategic Improvement Plan for 2024-2027 is focused on 3 directions: Student Growth and Attainment; Culture of Learning and Culture of Engagement. Through the implementation of these directions and ongoing feedback and evaluation, the school is committed to setting challenging and achievable learning goals for all students, delivered consistently by teachers in a culture of high expectations.
Specific Selection Criteria
2. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively within a faculty and across the school with a commitment to developing quality teaching and learning programs, lessons and resources.
4. Demonstrated ability to differentiate learning activities to support the educational needs of all students with a diverse range of learning needs.
5. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to 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.