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About this job
Position Information
J. J. Cahill Memorial High School is an inclusive, comprehensive school providing meaningful learning opportunities. Located in Mascot, a fast-growing residential area, the school serves students with diverse academic abilities and from varied cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Current enrolments are about 300, including 24 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students and 69 identified as EAL/D. The support unit caters to students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities and autism. Small class sizes allow more personalised learning and targeted support to meet individual needs.
J. J. Cahill Memorial High School focuses strongly on community and works closely with families to support student learning and wellbeing. Teaching and learning programs use evidence-based practices with a strategic focus on improving outcomes. JJCMHS fosters an environment that promotes engagement, challenging students to strive for success. The school proudly offers a variety of academic, sporting, cultural, vocational, and growing creative and performing arts programs. It adopts a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach encouraging students to engage in their learning and develop prosocial behaviours and responsible attitudes.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Biology, Chemistry and Science (7-10)
Capacity to implement effective classroom management strategies to enhance student learning and promote high expectations for all students.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute positively to a team for the implementation of the new science syllabus.
- Capacity to develop and deliver innovative lessons and activities to cater for the needs of all students from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.
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.