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 Pumicestone State School

At Pumicestone we believe that learning is a life-long process and occurs best within a supportive, stimulating and challenging environment which develops self-esteem and recognises students' individual needs and abilities. Productive partnerships involving honest communication and constructive feedback between the home, teachers and students, are essential to quality learning outcomes.

We have a strong focus on every student succeeding within a supportive framework of high expectations. Pumicestone State School has built a reputation as a caring, high-achieving school, with excellent educational opportunities, including a quality curriculum, high behaviour standards and a commitment to continuing improvement and lifelong learning. We aim to provide your child with rich and rewarding learning experiences that will lead and support them as they grow.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to provide students showing early signs of disengagement, or who are not thriving in their mainstream classes with tailored, high-quality teaching, in a bespoke, inclusive and innovative learning environment.

Our FlexiSpace Lead will ideally be:
an experienced teacher with expertise in, or knowledge of inclusive practice; or a teacher who is committed to rapidly developing their skills and knowledge of inclusive practice;
committed to ensuring students achieve quality educational outcomes by providing uninterrupted access to the curriculum; and high-impact teaching
committed to differentiating teaching practice and educational program delivery to meet student needs;
committed to using and sharing inclusive teaching sharing practice with all staff;
committed to working with parents/carers, internal support staff and external agencies to support student learning, engagement and wellbeing.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students and to support our school's journey to embed inclusive teaching practice.

For further information about the school, please Pumicestone State School to visit the school's website.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

Please attach your current CV (maximum 3 pages) including contact details of two professional referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history), and
A maximum 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role under "How You Will Be Assessed" in the Head of Department Curriculum 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.
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