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About this job
Position Information
Northern Beaches Secondary College, Freshwater Senior Campus is a comprehensive secondary school located in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. The student population of 650 has been consistent over the last five years. Our school community is drawn from a variety of both Government and non-Government schools from across the Northern Beaches. We are one of five campuses in the Northern Beaches Secondary College, which provides our students with opportunities to access the widest possible curriculum choices, including a comprehensive range of HSC subjects.
Our students develop a level of trust with their teachers that encourages them to take more responsibility for their learning. A highly supportive wellbeing team supports student welfare and learning needs. "Freedom to Learn", our school motto, encapsulates the spirit within the school and our students’ readiness to prosper in an environment of high expectations. The school's staff is stable with typically low turnover of staff each year.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Legal Studies and Business Studies.
2. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
3. Willingness to contribute to faculty and whole school programs.
4. Ability to engage with students with varied educational needs, to develop strategies that inspire learning, student collaboration and research skills to develop critical and higher order thinking skills.
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.