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About this job
Position Information
Windsor High School is a comprehensive high school (709 students) located in the Hawkesbury Valley on the land of the Dharug people. Students are drawn from Maroota in the North to South Windsor. Enrolment is comprised of approximately 21% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and 3% students with a language background other than English. The school has a support unit with 5 Multi-categorical classes. Over the past decade the school has focussed on establishing effective systems and structures in curriculum, student welfare, school organisation and professional learning. The school has a positive learning environment and a culture that focuses on student and teacher learning with the aim of improving outcomes for students leaving school. The school is supported by an engaged P&C. There is a strong partnership with the local AECG and the local Aboriginal community.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Personal Development, Health and Physical Education with a capacity to design and deliver differentiated PDHPE programs that cater to varied learning abilities and promote student engagement and achievement.
- Ability to implement effective classroom management strategies that foster a respectful, safe, and inclusive learning environment, which supports the diverse needs of all students.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with students, colleagues, parents, and the wider school community.
- Ability to positively contribute to the organisation and management of school sport.
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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