Description:
Position InformationGloucester High School is a comprehensive school serving the communities of the Bucketts Way. Our school has a student population of approximately 310 students, of which 13% are of Aboriginal heritage. Our students come from both rural farming backgrounds and from the local town and surrounding villages.
For a rural school we offer a diverse curriculum and have a strong history of student success in gaining placement in universities, apprenticeships, traineeships and employment. A PBL school, we are proud of our school expectations of Care, Achievement, Respect, Effort and Responsibility. The school is highly regarded and provides opportunities for all students through a range of academic, cultural, sporting, creative and performing arts and social experiences. School priorities include literacy, numeracy, student wellbeing, Aboriginal education, community engagement and preparing our students for successful post-school pathways.
This position is for a full-time Mathematics teacher, years 7 - 12
Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Mathematics years 7 - 12.
Demonstrated capacity to maintain a quality teaching and learning environment that caters for the needs of individual students.
Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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 .