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About this job
Position Information
Gosford High School is a selective high school catering to the needs of High Potential and Gifted students. The current enrolment consists of 1071 co-ed students from Year 7 to Year 12. Gosford High School strives to ensure excellence through diversity and opportunity. The school provides a safe and supportive environment that supports high-potential and gifted students to reach their potential. The ethos of academic excellence and personal best are at the core of the school’s vision and purpose. The school community is diverse with 50% of students from language backgrounds other than English. It include a strong cultural community team that works with the local AECG to support the 1.5% Aboriginal enrolment and cultural awareness of of all students. This provides the school with a rich cultural context that encourages and celebrates tolerance and difference. Diverse and experienced staff bring a range of expertise and passion to the school. Student wellbeing, strong learning connections and partnerships with parents are important dimensions that enrich school excellence.
Specific Selection Criteria
Applicants must satisfy Approval to teach Mathematics (Years 11-12) - Mathematics Extensions 1 & 2. In addition, applicants need to show experience in the mathematical concepts associated with m Mathematics Extension 1 and 2. Demonstrated capacity to implement quality assessment practices to ensure high student achievement. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively as an effective team member.
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.