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About this job
Position Information
Beverly Hills Girls High School is a comprehensive educational environment accommodating approximately 850 female students ranging from grades 7 to 12. The school focus is on girls’ education and the cultivation of character, resilience, and a sense of purpose.
Additionally, an on-site co-educational Intensive English Centre serves around 180 students, with some shared facility use. The school prides itself on being a vibrant, dynamic, and inclusive learning community, setting high expectations for student achievement, wellbeing, and development, as well as for staff professional growth and performance. The school fosters a safe, inclusive, and harmonious learning environment, where individual talents are acknowledged and nurtured. With over 90% of students coming from non-English language backgrounds, the school places a strong emphasis on multiculturalism.
The Strategic Improvement Plan (2021-2025) focuses on three main strategic directions: Student growth and attainment, Professional growth and attainment, and School growth and attainment. Embedded within the school culture is a deep commitment to learning, supported by the Quality Learning Framework and the Quality Learning Behaviour curriculum, aimed at achieving excellence.
The junior curriculum follows a unitised, vertically integrated, semester-based system known as ASPIRE. This structure allows for a wide range of student choice, acceleration, and enrichment opportunities. Additionally, the school offers streamed Stage 4 classes for High Potential and Gifted Education in key learning areas such as English, Mathematics, Science, and PDHPE. Additional information can be found at http://www.beverlyhillsgirlshigh.com/
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Library or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Library qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education
Willingness to teach Modern History and History Extension
Proven ability to work collaboratively with teachers, students, and parents to support the school's educational goals and promote library programs
Strong organisational skills and willingness to undertake whole school administrative tasks
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.