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About this job
Position Information
Chester Hill High School is a large, comprehensive coeducational secondary school in South-Western Sydney within the Auburn Schools Educational Network. The school has an enrolment of 1,215 students, including a co-located Intensive English Centre, and serves a diverse community, with 92% of students from language backgrounds other than English (EAL/D). Chester Hill High School provides inclusive, high-quality educational opportunities that enable every student to achieve their personal best. Strong partnerships with families and community organisations underpin a culture of belonging, high expectations and continuous improvement. Through collaborative professional learning, evidence-informed teaching practices and a focus on student growth, we ensure every student is known, valued and supported to achieve meaningful success.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Legal Studies.
2. Demonstrated capacity to deliver differentiated and culturally sensitive programs that cater to the learning and wellbeing needs of students across a range of abilities and diverse backgrounds.
3. Proven highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the capacity to work collegially as part of a team to develop quality teaching programs.
4. Demonstrated expertise in classroom management pedagogy and wellbeing practices with the capacity to deliver curriculum to a diverse range of students.
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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