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About this job
Position Information
Granville Boys High School has an enrolment of 931students and is a partially selective secondary school for boys. Our culturally diverse school nurtures inclusivity, personal responsibility, and friendship with 98% of students coming from a language background other than English.
The school motto is ‘Aiming for Excellence’ and has a focus on high academic achievement and quality teaching in a rich learning environment. The school has increasingly outstanding HSC and NAPLAN results due to a strong commitment to building collective teacher efficiency and using evidence-based practices to target areas including literacy, numeracy and High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE).
An extensive co-curricular program caters for diverse student interests including sport, debating, Duke of Edinburgh, music, chess club and student leadership. In addition, the school runs an award-winning robotics program, offers a Saturday tutoring program, and has its own work skills programs which includes a Barber Shop and the Pulse Café.
Community is very important and through our partnerships with universities, local businesses, and the wider community, we provide our boys with quality teaching and learning opportunities to prepare for life beyond school.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Year 7-8 Technology Mandatory (ITX).
3. Demonstrated ability to implement evidence-based teaching and classroom management strategies that create supportive and inclusive learning environments to improve educational outcomes for all students.
4. Demonstrated knowledge and practical skills in delivering engaging, hands-on learning that develops students’ design thinking, safe work practices, and core technology skills.
5. Proven ability to collaborate within the TAS faculty and build positive, productive relationships with students, staff, parents, and the wider community through effective communication.
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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