Head Teacher Special Education

Overview

Job Description - Head Teacher Special Education - Richmond High School (0000B30R)

Head Teacher Special Education - Richmond High School - 0000B30R

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Location

Sydney Region

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Number of Positions

1

Remuneration

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $168,946.00. This position attracts a base salary of $149,059.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.

School & Organisation

School Name: Richmond High School

Principal Network: Hawkesbury

Staffing Area: Windsor

FTE: 1.000

Contact

Phone: 02 4578 1177

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

05-Nov-2025, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Richmond High School, situated in the Hawkesbury, is a comprehensive 7-12 high school providing quality educational opportunities to a local enrolment stream, a support stream with 7 classes, an ag-stem specialty stream and an ag-stem selective stream.

Approximately 780 students are enrolled in 2025. This includes 53 students in the support unit, with 15% of our student body identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Our school will continue to grow in coming years. The school is committed to excellence in teaching and learning where all students can succeed. Our staff are committed to explicit teaching, engaging HPGE learners and maintaining a caring, inclusive environment for all students. We offer a comprehensive curriculum, including a full range of academic core, elective and vocational courses. Our school has an extensive range of extracurricular activities and a supportive wellbeing program.

Specific Selection Criteria

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

- Demonstrated ability and expertise in leading staff to develop and implement flexible and innovative learning programs designed to enhance student engagement and support the needs of students with additional learning requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to foster positive relationships with students, their families, and external agencies to collaborate, develop, and implement individualised wellbeing and transition support to ensure successful pathways for students with specific additional learning needs.
- Demonstrated ability to lead the design and implementation of highly differentiated educational programs for students from diverse backgrounds to foster a high-expectations learning culture.
- Highly developed organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to maintain effective partnerships with students, parents, the community, and colleagues to support learning and engagement.

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 policy

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

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 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.

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