Head Teacher English - Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus

Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, Tumbi Umbi Campus has an enrolment of 1174 students, with 152 students identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. It is a dynamic and inclusive middle years campus. We work constructively with nine partner schools delivering quality education to the local community from Preschool to Year 12 and beyond. Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, Tumbi Umbi Campus provides innovative and inclusive programs that engage learners in age and stage appropriate experiences, designed to extend their aspirations. Staff are committed to providing an innovative curriculum and extra curricula activities within a safe, supportive setting. The campus’ wellbeing focus is based on clear, consistent boundaries, high expectations and personal recognition for students and staff. Its three key actions are focused on relationships, routines and rituals that build and strengthen connections. The school has strong links with the local Kuriwa AECG.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria:

• Approval to teach Year 7-10 English and demonstrated exemplary and innovative programming and classroom practice that maximises student learning outcomes across differentiated student cohorts.
• Demonstrated capabilities to deliver quality teaching and learning practices to improve the outcomes of Aboriginal students and work with stakeholders to engage the community in line with the Aboriginal Education Policy.
• Demonstrated ability in leading, developing, monitoring and evaluating; quality policies, programs, and practices to improve student engagement and learning for students from diverse backgrounds and abilities.
• Demonstrated capacity for strong visible leadership skills with a focus on high impact professional learning to analyse internal and external data to inform, design and lead initiatives that support the school's strategic improvement plan.

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 candidate and entry on duty. Further information on the Department’s 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 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 were 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