Head of English

Covenant Christian School
**Location**:Belrose, NSW
**Location type**: On-Site
**Date advertised**: 31st July 2025

**Job Type**:Full time
**Closing Date**:ASAP

**JOB DESCRIPTION - Permanent Fulltime - commencing Term 1 2026**
- Covenant Christian School is a distinctly and explicitly Christian Prep to Year 12 co-educational day school with almost 900 students, located in Belrose on Sydney’s Northern Beaches._
- Working in partnership with parents, our passionate and highly qualified teaching staff deliver the curriculum from the understanding that all of life must be centred on God and his plan to restore all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ._
- With a focus on the nurture and discipleship of our students, Covenant seeks to meet the individual learning needs of each student and support their well-being and development from an academic, social, emotional and spiritual perspective._
- Vision_: To faithfully serve in God’s plan to restore all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ._
- Mission_: To assist parents in the nurture of their children, by providing a Christ-centred, biblically_ _grounded, culturally engaging and academically rigorous education to equip the children to live for God’s glory._

**ROLE STATEMENT**
**The Head of English is responsible for implementing the Schools’ Vision and Mission within the classroom, coordinating programs of work across the English area, relating to classroom activities and ensuring syllabus content which meets NESA requirements and the school’s teaching and learning framework. This will require significant involvement in curriculum development, planning, and reflective and adaptive classroom practice.**

**You will be supported by the Head of Secondary School (HoSS) and Principal in curriculum development and pedagogy, as well as additional resources from the Extension and Enrichment Coordinator and Learning Support Coordinator. You will also participate in professional practice, growth and development initiatives.**

**As Head of Faculty, you will implement a child safe culture, ensuring a strong Parent Partnership presence that supports our community, sharing in staff devotions, and being involved in the wider life and cultural expectations of the school.**

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Coordination of programs of work across your KLA relating to classroom activities.
- Leadership of the development, implementation and evaluation of teaching and learning programs.
- Leading staff in collaborative planning, professional learning and induction, mentoring and development.
- Facilitating sharing and learning knowledge and skills with and from peers/other teachers.
- Development of your staff team to ensure delivery of quality teaching to your students. Ensure all curriculum, teaching programs and assessment procedures are compliant with NESA requirements and the school’s teaching and learning framework, and that curriculum content is taught from a biblical perspective.
- Ensure quality assessment practices and procedures are implemented within the faculty.
- Provide an effective climate of learning that fosters academic achievement, actively exploring ways to differentiate learning experiences and assessment in the classroom, including relevant adjustments according to student individual learning plans.
- Establish and maintain a child safe and positive classroom culture that fosters clear student behavioural learning and discipline expectations aligned to the school’s Student Code of Conduct.

**GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Work in collaboration with Learning Support and Extension and Enrichment staff to ensure teachers provide students with the appropriate additional support they may require.
- Ensure teachers implement effective practices to monitor student progress and academic standards within the guidelines set by the school.
- Participate in and lead Professional Learning activities (including during PD Week/Conference Week events) to enhance your own and your team’s teaching practice through a framework of feedback and continued professional growth. Ensure you maintain a proper work/life balance to support your own wellbeing and that of your team.
- Report any concerns regarding the wellbeing of students to the Head of Secondary School (HoSS).
- Ensure all deadlines are met, informing the HoSS of any variances, and leaving appropriate student work for covering staff when absent from the school.
- Lead student and school events, along with maintaining a positive uniform culture at all times.
- Lead staff team meetings to improve teaching and learning quality and practices and collaborate with staff members in the development of their understanding.
- Lead staff devotions, be involved in the wider life of the school and help to instill positive cultural expectations across Secondary School.
- Communicate directly with class parents when and where appropriate, managing any parent concerns in accordance with school policies and procedures.
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