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About this job
Position Information
Concord High School is a large, dynamic, comprehensive setting with approximately 1200 students from a broad range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The staff are experienced, high-performing and have high expectations of student outcomes. There are a wide range of wellbeing and extra-curricular programs in place designed to ensure that all students are engaged and well supported in their learning. The school is set in picturesque surroundings in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. Priorities in the 2026-2029 School Plan focus on Literacy, Numeracy and high expectations of staff and students to achieve to their full potential.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach English Years 7-12, English extensions 1 and 2, and/or willingness to teach History Years 7-10.
Demonstrated successful experience teaching English, including stage 6 English with strong curriculum knowledge and evidence of effective teaching practice, assessment design and student achievement.
Evidence of highly effective classroom practice that fosters high expectations, student engagement and positive behaviour, with demonstrated ability to monitor student progress and use both school based and external data to inform teaching practice and support student growth.
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 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.
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