Description:
Position InformationSt Clair High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Sydney's western suburbs. It has an Inclusive Education Unit which has 5 multi-category classes and will grow to 7 in 2025. 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
- Approval to teach Personal Development, Health & Physical Education (PDHPE) and Sport Lifestyle & Recreation (SLR)
- Communication skills that build positive relationships in the faculty and the wider school community
- Demonstrated ability to deliver PDHPE programs that will result in student growth across a range of abilities and cultural backgrounds.
- Capacity to contribute to sport and extra-curricular activities in school.
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 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 .