Head Teacher Creative And Performing Arts - Georges River College Peakhurst Campus

Description:

Georges River College Peakhurst Campus is a co-educational middle school campus, which caters for students in Year 7 to Year 10. We are part of a multi-campus collegiate with three middle years 7-10 campuses (GRC Hurstville, GRC Peakhurst and GRC Penshurst) and one senior campus years 11 and 12 (GRC Oatley).

GRC Peakhurst Campus has an enrolment of 750 students and includes a support unit for students with autism, moderate intellectual and physical disabilities. The student body consists of 58% of students Language Background other than English and 4% of students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence underpin our school culture. The school fosters a positive learning relationship between staff and students and aims to deliver diverse, dynamic and quality learning experiences within an inclusive and collaborative environment. There is a commitment to nurture, guide, inspire and challenge students to enhance their capacity and strive towards achieving their potential.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,

1. Capacity to lead curriculum planning, development, implementation and review, to meet the diverse learning needs of all students
2. Evidence of highly developed organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills to lead, manage and inspire a collaborative faculty team, with high expectations for teaching and learning
3. Ability to work as a collaborative executive member with shared responsibility for leading whole school improvement processes that align with the school's strategic directions

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

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 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 (*****@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 .