Head Teacher Welfare

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Teaching Service Full time

**Position Information**:
Heathcote High School is a comprehensive high school serving the learning needs of approximately 700 students. Our location, close to the Royal National Park, provides a spacious, peaceful bush setting for our students and community

Our teaching staff are dedicated professionals, committed to the delivery of learning programs designed to cater for the diverse range of student learning needs with a high potential stream in the junior school. We further support students with specific learning needs in our autism support classes.

We continue to drive student growth in pursuit of academic excellence and believe that the biggest impact on student achievement in schools are our teachers. We are committed to continually improving effective classroom practices, supported by high impact, targeted staff professional learning and data analysis, enabling teachers to be innovative in their practice. As a result, staff will ensure that literacy, numeracy and HSC achievement will be enhanced through individualised and differentiated learning.

We value our close links with our partner primary schools and believe strongly in the importance of staff, parents and carers working in partnership to achieve smooth transitions and the very best for our students.

The school is dedicated to continuous growth, improvement and student attainment and our comprehensive situational analysis identified that a firm focus on explicit teaching, formative assessment, differentiation, feedback and data-driven practices will be essential in ensuring student learning outcomes are further enhanced.

We continue to implement the Department's High Potential and Gifted Education Policy and our data and teacher feedback continues to emphasise the need to extend our top achieving students. Educational leadership, effective differentiation through teaching and learning programs and explicit teaching will be key themes addressed in this Strategic Improvement Plan. These target areas will be reinforced by strong collaborative practices throughout the school to ensure a continued focus on maintaining a positive academic culture based upon high expectation and a positive sense of belonging for our students and staff.

**Selection Criteria**:
Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,
- Proven ability to build and strengthen authentic relationships with students, staff, and parents, to enhance wellbeing and learning support for all students.
- Demonstrated leadership of Learning and Wellbeing teams in the development, delivery and evaluation of whole school wellbeing and learning support initiatives.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead a collaborative approach to work with the school's internal and external resources to refine evidence informed whole school wellbeing programs.
- Ability to work collaboratively with the executive team to lead, manage and implement whole school processes and initiatives that support the school’s strategic directions.

**General Selection Criteria**:
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 policies

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

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