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About this job
Position Information
Seven Hills High School is situated on traditional Darug land in Greater Western Sydney with an enrolment of 480 students, including 8% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.
Seven Hills High School is a member of the Nirimba Collegiate which includes Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High School and Wyndham College. In 2021, the school began transitioning from a Year 7-10 high school to a comprehensive high school, with the addition of Year 11. Year 12 classes commenced in 2022. As a member of the Nirimba Collegiate, Seven Hills High School offers cross campus senior curriculum and learning opportunities for students in both years.
Seven Hills High School is a pilot school for the Vocational High Schools Program. Its specialist VET Facility, The Vocational Innovation Centre was opened in 2023 and currently offers both TAFE delivered and school based VET courses open to all senior students across Western Sydney.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach English (7-12) and English Extensions 1 & 2.
Willingness to teach Drama.
Demonstrated capacity to use effective classroom management skills and wellbeing practices to create a classroom environment that is engaging, inclusive and fosters a culture of high expectations.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build relationships and connections between staff, students and the wider school community to enhance student engagement.
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.