Head Teacher Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - St Clair High School

Location
Sydney NSW
 
Full job description
Position Information
St Clair High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Sydney's western suburbs. It has an Inclusive Education Unit which has 6 multi-category classes and 1 MH class. The student population of 750 is steadily increasing. The St Clair High School community is culturally and linguistically diverse. Whilst 38% of students have a non-English speaking background, 10% require some level of English as an additional language or dialect support. 9% of students identify as having an Aboriginal background.

High quality teaching and learning must begin in Year 7. Data collection, analysis and use will underpin our belief in individualised and differentiated learning and will be a fundamental part of these initiatives. St Clair High School is committed to effective collaborative pedagogical practice to ensure student growth in literacy, numeracy, and HSC success.

We provide a core commitment to our parents/carers that their child is known, valued, and cared for. Establishing ourselves as a professional learning community, we are all learners committed to making a difference to student achievement, promoting teacher learning, initiative, and leadership.

St Clair High School is committed to the development of well-educated, self-motivated, responsible young adults. Our vision is clear and purposeful where success is valued for 'every student in every classroom'.


Selection Criteria
Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,
1. The ability to drive student learning through a deep understanding of the PDHPE curriculum ensuring monitoring and compliance requirements are met.
2. Demonstrated capacity to meet the diverse learning and wellbeing needs of all students in PDHPE with the ability to build student engagement and support high expectations.
3. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to strengthen a team culture, to lead a faculty with diverse experience and build positive relationships.
4. The ability to work collegially with the executive team to identify and lead initiatives to support the school’s strategic directions


General Selection Criteria
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

Conditions
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.


Special Notes
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.