Head Teacher Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - Belmore Boys High School
NSW Department of Education
Sydney
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 October 2021
Job overview
Location
Sydney RegionNumber of Positions
1Contact Name Hala Ramadan
Closing Date
27-Oct-2021Job Category
TCH OtherOrganisation
Teaching ServiceBelmore Boys High School is a family of approximately 492 students and 60 teaching and nonteaching staff. Our diverse student population represents 34 languages with 98% of students from language backgrounds other than English.
Our school is a boys' education specialist focusing on the academic, social and emotional growth of our students. Our boys enjoy positive relationships with their teachers and peers, which allows them to be creative and confident learners who recognise the importance of learning and wellbeing. Our learning environment provides students with tailored learning experiences through planned, explicit and differentiated learning activities. Our school also offers a wide curriculum allowing students to successfully transition into a diverse range of future learning and employment.
Our focus areas for 2021-2024 plan are:
- Student growth and attainment
- Empowering staff and students
- Community engagement and learning
The focus areas revolve around building student capacity in literacy and numeracy through explicit and remedial strategies to improve student access to curriculum. Building teacher capacity will empower staff and ensure a long-term wider impact on student outcomes as students work towards achieving the requirements of their HSC. Our school takes pride in being an inclusive community working closely with local partners to ensure success for our students. We aim to excel in our level of responsiveness and service delivery over the next planning phase.
- Demonstrated educational leadership to design, coordinate and implement dynamic professional learning which engages staff in evidence-based, innovative pedagogical practice to improve student learning outcomes.
- Proven capacity to work as a collaborative, responsive member of the school executive team to implement school strategic directions ensuring outstanding learning outcomes for all students in particular those from NESB and low SES communities.
- A visible leader with evidence of well-developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to positively engage students, parents, colleagues, and the wider school community in the support of quality teaching and learning.
- Capacity to develop responsive faculty/school systems, teaching programs and processes at times of complexity and change.
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 guidelines 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
About NSW Department of Education
- NSW Department of Education
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- New South Wales
- 2150
- Australia
About the NSW Department of Education
At the NSW Department of Education, we aim to be Australia's best education system and one of the finest in the world. As the largest provider of public education in Australia, we deliver high-quality educational services to two-thirds of the NSW student population, preparing young people for rewarding lives as engaged citizens in a complex and dynamic society.
With nearly 100,000 employees across the state, our school and corporate workforce help build Australia’s best education system by developing student centred policy, designing schools of the future and supporting children and young people in NSW public schools.
Work in a diverse range of school settings
With more than 2,200 schools throughout the state educating more than 780,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, there are opportunities to work in a diverse range of school settings – primary, secondary, selective, hospital, sporting, agricultural and schools for specific purposes.
Make a difference in your community
NSW public schools are at the heart of every local community with our students and staff representing a diverse range of cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds. The NSW Department of Education strives to create learning and working environments that are inclusive and supportive of all.
We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia and are committed to increasing knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal histories, cultures and experiences.
Career enhancing opportunities
One of the great things about working with the department is accessing ongoing professional development as well as opportunities to enhance your career. With multiple scholarship, sponsorship and career enhancing programs available, the opportunities are endless with the NSW Department of Education.
Visit teach.nsw.edu.au to find out more.
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