Head Teacher Special Education

Overview

Head Teacher Special Education - Orara High School - 0000B246. Location: Regional NSW. Closing Date: 08-Oct-2025, 5:00:00 AM. Organisation: Teaching Service. School: Orara High School; Principal Network: Coffs Harbour; Staffing Area: Clarence/Coffs Harbour. FTE: 1.000.

Responsibilities

- Lead faculty and differentiate the curriculum, promoting engagement and learning through personalised learning and support plans, and strong literacy, numeracy, and wellbeing programs.
- Foster positive relationships with students, families and outside agencies to develop and implement strategies for individualised support, transition, behaviour and wellbeing of students with additional learning needs.
- Use data and evidence to work with the school executive team on achieving the school’s Strategic Excellence Plan and system targets.
- Demonstrate leadership in managing a dynamic faculty of teaching and non-teaching staff, including providing professional learning to strengthen collaboration, build capacity, and improve student learning.

Qualifications

- Proven ability to lead faculty and differentiation of the curriculum, promoting engagement and learning through personalised learning and support plans, and strong literacy, numeracy, and wellbeing programs.
- Proven capacity and significant experience in fostering positive relationships with students, families and outside agencies to collaborate, develop and implement strategies for individualised support, transition, behaviour and wellbeing of students with additional learning needs.
- Ability to use data and evidence to work with the school executive team on achieving the school’s Strategic Excellence Plan and system targets.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing a dynamic faculty of teaching and non-teaching staff, including delivering professional learning to staff that strengthens collaboration, builds capacity, and improves student learning.

General Selection Criteria

- Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
- Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
- Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
- Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
- Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
- 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 (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion. New merit selection 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.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.

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