Head Teacher English - Coolamon Central School
NSW Department of Education
New South Wales
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 June 2021
Job overview
Location
Regional NSWNumber of Positions
1Contact Name Kingsley Ireland (Deputy Principal)
Closing Date
16-Jun-2021Job Category
TCH OtherOrganisation
Teaching ServiceCoolamon Central School is located approximately 40km North West of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina on Wiradjuri land. It is a comprehensive K - 12 school with an enrolment of 330 students, including 9% Aboriginal students. Primary has seven staged classes, whilst Secondary are in staged cohorts in Years 7 to 10 and Years 11 and 12 are provided a broad curriculum driven by student needs. Our students come from diverse backgrounds, reflecting our large and varied catchment area.
The school strives to foster a proactive partnership with parents and the community in a rural environment and collaborates with its partner Primary schools. The wellbeing of all students and staff is a key focus. Coolamon Central School has a highly professional and enthusiastic staff. The school is well resourced with future orientated and modern technological facilities.
Coolamon Central School students are supported through strong wellbeing and learning initiatives. The school has a focus on quality differentiated teaching and learning through a broad range of flexible strategies and programs to cater for diverse student needs. All students are catered for in a mainstream learning environment with an emphasis on inclusivity, individual learning support and extension as required. Our students are provided with the opportunity to participate and actively engage in an extensive range of academic, sporting and extra-curricular activities.
The school has evaluated its current practices and consulted with parents, staff, students and the Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group. From this, the school has identified that a focus on using assessment data to understand student progress, enhancing teacher quality and wellbeing is essential for ongoing school improvement.
The school will continue to evaluate our progress in supporting students based on our values of being respectful, responsible and ready to learn.
- Approval to teach 7-12 English.
- Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal skills with the capacity to be a highly effective and collaborative member of the school’s K – 12 executive team.
- Demonstrated exemplary programming and classroom practice, maximising student outcomes while delivering on whole school priorities.
- Capacity to lead and supervise the English/HSIE team and leading them in the use of data analysis that informs teaching practice to meet the needs of a diverse range of students.
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.
The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located at https://policies.education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/head-teacher-eligibility-requirements-policy
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format.
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 in effect on positions advertised from Wednesday 10th June 2020. The guidelines are located at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/roles-and-locations/roles-at-education/teaching/addressing-selection-criteria.html
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- NSW Department of Education
- 105 Phillip Street, Parramatta
- New South Wales
- 2150
- Australia
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