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About this job
Position Information
Mudgee High School is a rural comprehensive school catering for students from Years 7-12. In 2025, the school will care for 830 students, more than 100 of whom identify as Aboriginal.
Mudgee is a town well known for its fine wines, fine food, agriculture and mining. By road, Mudgee is a little over three hours from Sydney’s CBD and 3.5 hours from Newcastle. Nestled within the valley of the Cudgegong River, Mudgee is a well-serviced and beautiful part of NSW, and well within reach of major centres.
The school has a respected history of academic, cultural and sporting achievement. The school also runs a biennial musical production. The school is a leader in student wellbeing, focused on recognition of achievement, restorative practices, and building strong partnerships. The comprehensive curriculum offered at Mudgee High allows students to access a wide range of courses for both university and non-university educational pathways, as well as employment. Stage 5 elective courses are vertically integrated, broadening further what the school offers.
Mudgee High includes an integrated Support Unit of nine classes.
Mudgee High has a strong relationship with its supportive community, including an active Parents and Citizens’ Association that meets twice each term.
Each year, Year 12 students engage in charity fundraising that involves the entire community. Local businesses and industries support our students and staff with expertise and resources. A supportive Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) works with the school to achieve DoE Aboriginal focused policies, as well as school programs to enhance opportunities for Aboriginal students and encourage parental involvement.
Modern facilities, including a Trade Training Centre, creative and performing arts facilities, a gymnasium, technology workshops, a wellbeing centre and a state-of-the-art library resource centre all support the development of the young people who attend Mudgee High.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with autism. Willingness to teach emotional disturbance, challenging behaviours and mild intellectual disabilities.
- Evidence of successful classroom management with a proven ability to develop a positive learning environment that promotes the success of students from a diverse background.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate quality individual personalised learning support and behaviour plans to facilitate improved student learning outcomes.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work on and foster positive partnerships with students, staff, families, external providers and the wider 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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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.