Head Teacher Welfare - Walgett Community College High School
NSW Department of Education
New South Wales
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 12 July 2022
Job overview
Location
Regional NSWNumber of Positions
1Contact Name Adam Batchelor
Closing Date
13-Jul-2022Job Category
TCH OtherOrganisation
Teaching ServiceWalgett Community College is located 290 km north-west of Dubbo. The High School has a Year 7-12 enrolment of 114 students, including approximately 96% Aboriginal students. The college is in a remote, rural location allowing learning opportunities to occur in unique environments. Facilities at the college include two trade training centres offering courses including hospitality and construction, a new Library, Wellbeing Hub and at the heart of the school is our Culture and Language Hub.
Walgett Community College is part of the Connected Community Strategy. The Connected Communities Strategy is an approach that schools and communities use to strengthen the educational outcomes for Aboriginal students and all students. It brings the community closer with the school, brings in Aboriginal culture, and allows the school to work with government and non-government groups to help support the education of the school’s students.
At Walgett Community College High School, we are ‘Making School A Better Place’, an initiative that focuses on ten areas of opportunity. We are focused on School Leadership, A Positive School Environment, Embedding Local Language and Culture, Student Engagement, A Focus on Literacy and Numeracy, Wellbeing, Vocational Education Pathways, Linking Education to the Community, Communication and Engagement with Families and Community and Facilities and Equipment.
As an 8-point incentive school, this position attracts the relevant allowances including a 90% rental subsidy, the rural teacher incentive and the experienced teacher benefit.
Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria, capacity to lead school wellbeing through capable, visible leadership, demonstrating strong teamwork, consistent communication and genuine consultation.
Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal skills as a leader with the capacity to drive communication and engagement with families and community.
Demonstrated capacity and commitment to promoting the culture and ethos of the school in the health, safety and wellbeing of all students, staff and the wider community.
Demonstrated capacity to foster a supportive and positive school environment, where staff and students want to work and learn, and student achievement is the focus.
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.
From 8 November 2021 all Department of Education employees undertaking relevant work including any work conducted on a NSW school site, will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm full vaccination status prior to the Department of Education finalising the appointment of the candidates and entry on duty. Further information on the Departments COVID-19 response is available at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19
The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.
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.
Walgett Community College - High School is a Connected Communities 8 point school and as such attracts additional incentives. Please refer to: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives
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