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About this job
Position Information
Blakehurst High School is a highly successful co-educational comprehensive school situated in Blakehurst, Sydney. The current student enrolment is approximately 1021, 84% of whom come from a non-English speaking background. The school has 890 students who have English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D), 19 Aboriginal Students and 30 International students. Blakehurst High School is a dynamic school that delivers outstanding future focused and contemporary teaching and learning programs. The school inspires students to excel as critical learners, thinkers and champions of diversity, and to have a positive impact on their world. There is a strong emphasis on student voice. The school has a history of academic excellence with a focus on high potential and gifted education as well as offering a range of co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for its diverse student population. The school’s focus is on Student Growth and Attainment, Outstanding Teaching Practice and a High-Performance Collaborative Culture. Blakehurst High School enjoys the support of its diverse community through a range of partnerships and has an active P&C.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Chemistry and Physics.
2. Demonstrated ability to use explicit teaching and effective feedback strategies.
3. Evidence of working collaboratively in school teams to develop high-quality teaching and learning resources.
4. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the wider school community.
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.