Head of Department

2 weeks ago


Sunshine Coast, Australia Education Full time

About the school
Chatsworth State School within the North Coast Region is located on the northern outskirts of Gympie with picturesque views of the hills and valleys of surrounding rural areas.
Chatsworth State School caters for approximately 255 students from prep to year 6. The school is a great size school, small enough to maintain a family feel and treat all students as individuals, yet large enough for students to enjoy all the opportunities of a larger school including sporting; musical; artistic; leadership; learning support; social and emotional supports; academic extension and pastoral care. Chatsworth State School has a school-based Head of Special Education Services and Head of Curriculum.
The school forms part of the Gympie Alliance of state schools and accesses this community for sporting carnivals, inter-school sport, professional development and support, educational specialist teacher support, guidance and behaviour officers.
About the Role
As the Head of Department (Curriculum) you will have responsibility for the following:

- Lead the relevant curriculum areas or whole school program to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Embed socially just practices in daily school life.
- Set high standards for student and staff performance.
- Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
- Form partnerships with students, parents, other government agencies, and community groups.
- Be futures oriented and strategic.
- Understand the legislation and policies that impact on schooling especially in relation to students and staff within the school department.
- Manage the human, financial, facilities and curriculum resources of the curriculum areas or whole school program to achieve goals.

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

**Interested? To apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor).
- Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities under the "how you will be assessed" section in the attached role description.

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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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