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About this job
Position Information
Camden High School is a fully comprehensive coeducational high school that caters to approximately 930 students, including 83 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students, as well as 7 special education classes for students with identified learning needs. Our school has strong ties to the local community and is highly regarded for the broad range of opportunities and social experiences offered to the students. We pride ourselves on our ability to support students in their transition into post school pathways through traineeships, employment and tertiary education options. We offer extensive opportunities for student to pursue vocational education pathways through the Macarthur Trade Training Centre arrangement. In Years 7 and 8, we offer an academically selective class, which provides scope to extend these students in their educational abilities as well as a fully supervised HSC Hub to support senior students striving for academic excellence in their Higher School Certificate exams. Camden High School has a strong sporting culture, especially through the sporting exchange program with Cowra High School, which has been running for over 50 years. We also encourage students to pursue agricultural, technological, creative arts and performing arts experiences at school. School priorities include wellbeing, literacy, numeracy, Aboriginal education and high performance and gifted education.
For further information on the school refer to the Camden High School website: camden-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Science 7-10.
- Demonstrated ability to build subject specific engagement through positive relationships with students, parents, staff and the community through high level interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated capacity to work as an effective team member of a diverse faculty and a commitment to quality teaching and learning practices.
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
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