Head Teacher Mathematics - Broken Hill High School

Broken Hill High School is a comprehensive high school with 470 students (22% Aboriginal) in Far West New South Wales. The school is proud of its academic, cultural and sporting achievements as well as catering for all students. The school has five support classes for students with disabilities and diverse learning needs. The school has an ongoing partnership with AURORA College and shares some senior curriculum with a neighbouring high school. Strong community ties are evident through the Parents and Citizens Committee as well as the “Golden Oldies” group, which is made up of past alumni who attended the school over fifty years ago. The school has a strong welfare focus and has a positive behaviour focus. The Clontarf foundation has set up an academy at the school to assist Aboriginal boys with their education and career pathways. 

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

Ability to lead your team to cater for a culturally diverse range of students and ensure that Aboriginal perspectives and practices are introduced. 

Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with the executive team, school and wider community to implement programs that address whole school numeracy priorities and initiatives. 

Strong commitment to differentiated teaching, learning and assessment to provide equitable opportunities for all students. 

Demonstrated ability to provide strong educational leadership for a range of staff at different career stages with the ability to lead the development of high-quality teaching and learning.  

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 meet mandatory double vaccination requirements against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to meet mandatory double vaccination requirements 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.

Broken Hill High School is a 6 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

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, 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.