Head of Department

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Ormeau State School
The school prides itself on being a friendly and happy place which aims to maximise the learning potential of each child. This prospectus contains information about the school which is important to new families or prospective parents of the school. It contains many of the school policies and procedures which we hope you will find useful.
Ormeau State School has been on this site in Mirambeena Drive since 1986. In this time, the enrolment has grown quite rapidly from one hundred and three children to over 930 in 2019. The school delivers quality educational programs to all our students. Our teachers are always happy to discuss your child's progress and we encourage you to meet with your child's teacher from time to time throughout the year.
Your Opportunity
**As the Head of Department (Curriculum) you will**:

- Lead curriculum focus in line with school and departmental initiatives
- Participate in delivering the vision of State Schools Division
- Develop the quality of teaching and learning
- Nurture positive relationships between students, teachers and stakeholders.

The Head of Department (Curriculum) is accountable to and under the direction of the Principal or delegate.
Your Role
You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:

- 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.

About You
- Prep - 2 Curriculum leadership
- supporting and modelling for teachers in the delivery of Reading through the Australian Curriculum
- Supporting teachers through the roll out of Australian Curriculum version 9
- Explicit Instruction
- eLearning pedagogy
- working alongside a large leadership team to support and coach staff to provide excellent teaching and learning.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
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.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.