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About this job
Position Information
Concord High School is a large, dynamic, comprehensive setting with approximately 1140 students from a broad range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The 3 Deputy Principals and 100 teaching staff are experienced, high-performing and have high expectations of successful 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 has recently benefitted from an extensive capital works program is set in picturesque surroundings in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. Priorities in the 2026-2029 School Plan focus on Academic Achievement, Student Engagement and Building Capacity of staff and students to achieve to their full potential.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Business Studies and Economics. Approval to teach and/or experience/willingness to teach Business Services and Geography (Years 7-10).
Ability to plan, implement and evaluate quality teaching and learning programs.
Capacity to incorporate engaging and challenging differentiated teaching strategies to meet diverse student learning needs.
Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to work collaboratively and contribute to a dynamic faculty.
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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