Teacher Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - Pennant Hills High School

Pennant Hills High School, with an enrolment of 1089 students, is a large, coeducational, comprehensive high school, which holds a key position in its local community. The school is held in high regards by both the local and the wider community for achieving academic excellence, providing a broad, deep range of curriculum enrichment opportunities and producing high quality educational outcomes in all areas.

There is a proud tradition of high involvement and achievement in sport and cultural pursuits and the broad curriculum choice across all stages ensure high levels of student engagement. The school prides itself on its strong culture of positive relationships between staff, students and parents, working cohesively to maintain a stimulating and rich learning environment in which all students are supported and encouraged to achieve their personal best. Excellent structures exist which support student wellbeing, including a merit scheme to recognise and promote student achievement.

In addition, a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) program, based on the established core values of responsibility, integrity and achievement exists. There is a particularly strong focus on developing student leadership capacity through an active Student Leadership Council. The school fosters and develops the capacities of all students, including the provision of a High Potential and Gifted education program.

Flexible learning is fostered through a learning hub facility which integrates flexible learning spaces to facilitate project-based learning. Students are taught in a technology rich environment by enthusiastic, experienced and committed staff, who continue to be enhanced through focused teacher professional learning.

A Special Education Faculty caters for students with mild or moderate intellectual and physical disabilities. There is a strong culture of inclusivity of students with a disability within the school.

Approval to teach Personal Development, Health & Physical Education (PHP) 7-12, Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation (SLR) and Community and Family Studies (CFS).

Proven ability to implement evidence-based classroom practices with demonstrated classroom management skills, catering for and engaging a diverse range of learning styles and abilities as part of a culture of high expectations.

Demonstrated capacity to contribute to faculty and whole school initiatives and work collaboratively as part of a dynamic team

Demonstrated well-developed communication and organisational skills with the capacity for effective management of large school sporting events.

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.

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.