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About this job
Position Information
Killara High School (enrolment 1791 students, including over 50% students from a non-English speaking background) is a leading coeducational comprehensive high school with an outstanding reputation for providing opportunities, where all students can excel in academic, sporting, cultural, leadership and community service endeavours.
The school is large, diverse, ambitious and innovative with a strong proactive focus on student learning and engagement to build critical and creative thinkers. The school's wellbeing program focuses on developing the whole student and includes camps, workshops and the mentor group program. The collaborative leadership team is highly engaged with students, parents and staff who form an articulate and confident community with high expectations.
The school has a strong focus on rigorous professional learning which targets the improvement of student learning outcomes. The school values its strong links with its community having a highly active Parents and Citizens Association that works closely with the school especially in its commitment to ensuring that the school has high-quality facilities.
The School Plan, Annual School Report, Statement of Purpose and other relevant information can be found on the school's website http://www.killara-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Engineering Studies/Industrial Technology Engineering and Technology Mandatory (Years 7-8)
Capacity to prepare and deliver engaging classroom experiences that will challenge a diverse range of learners, including high potential and gifted students.
Evidence of effective classroom management to promote a supportive and positive learning environment.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of the TAS team to design, develop and implement innovative programs and resources to maximise student learning outcomes.
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.