Head of Department

3 months ago

Sunshine Coast, Australia Education Full time

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Sunshine Beach State High School
The school offers a diverse range of learning opportunities for students. They encourage all members of our school community to embrace the motto of 'Quality In All We Do' on a daily basis. This means that it is vital to ensure maximum student attendance to engage in learning. This lifelong learning extends to all staff, who continually engage in 'best practice' learning for the 21st Century. Currently the School is involved in a New Pedagogies for Deep Learning worldwide project of 1000 schools in 100 countries preparing students through teaching and learning around the 6 Cs - Creativity / Critical Thinking / Character / Communication / Collaboration / Citizenship.
About the Role
AS the HOD of Visual Arts and E-Learn you will have the responsibilities for the following:

- Lead & Manage V9 Australian curriculum Visual ARTS / Media and Digital Technologies Year 7 -10.
- Lead and manage QCAA Senior Subjects, Film, Television and New Media, Visual Art, Visual Arts in Practice, Certificate III visual Arts.
- Lead & manage pedagogy (ASoT & NPDL) within Visual ARTS/ Media and Digital Technologies classes.
- E-learning plan and continual development of Q learn initiative and roll out including whole staff support through the line management of digital champions.
- Line management of & faculty staff.
- Coaching and capability development of faculty staff.
- Instructional Leadership - Implementation of EIA including whole school strategies and department initiatives.
- Wellbeing of staff.

**As the Head of Department, you will**:

- lead curriculum focus in line with school and departmental initiatives.
- participate in delivering the vision of State Schools Division.
- develop the quality of teaching and learning.
- nurture positive relationships between students, teachers and stakeholders.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:
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- Demonstrated teaching competence and capacity to provide curriculum leadership in the area of special education leading to the achievement of quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and the capacity to develop and sustain productive relationships within and beyond the school community.
- Capacity to use analytical skills to contribute to educational outcomes at the school level.
- Capacity to manage effectively human, financial and physical resources to deliver high quality organisational outcomes.
- Demonstrated support for and the capacity to develop and maintain an organisational culture based on ethical professional and personal behaviours and corporate values.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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