Head of Department

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

**About the School**:
Shorncliffe State School is a small, community-orientated school located in the bayside suburb of Shorncliffe. We cater for students from Prep - Year 6. Shorncliffe State School has serviced the local community since 1919. We pride ourselves on our 'connectedness' to our local area.
Our mission is to support our students to develop the skills and capabilities to become responsible contributors to our local and global community. We are committed to ensure high levels of learning and wellbeing for our students within a safe and supportive environment, underpinned by our seven school values of curiosity, creativity, engagement, independence, resilience, respectfulness, and kindness.
Our community has high expectations for and a commitment to learning with just the right amount of challenge for all. To achieve this, our learning programs focus on explicitly developing 21st century competencies in our students. These are collaboration, critical thinking, communication, character, creativity, and citizenship and are interwoven through all our units of work.

**About the Role**:
As the Head of Department-Curriculum you will have responsibility for, but not limited to, the following:
**Contributing to, participating in and assisting with**:

- curriculum leadership and management of our whole school approach to curriculum development, implementation, assessment and reporting
- the coordination and maintenance of the school's curriculum documents and school based programs with a focus on but not limited to U2B learners, iLearn program, numeracy and phonics in the early years.
- the provision of feedback to the leadership team on the effectiveness of curriculum programs, pedagogy and reporting
- the identification and delivery of professional development needs of the school in relation to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting
- the collegial support of teachers during periods of new pedagogical endeavours.
- lead, as well as contribute to key school events

**Contributing to and assisting with**:

- the facilitation of year level planning days and activities
- the refinement or development of unit plans as Version 9.0 is rolled out.
- enhanced pedagogical delivery in classrooms.

**Liaising with**:

- other key personnel to assist teachers in ensuring the learning needs of all students are addressed in curriculum planning
- administration, teachers, and teacher aides on curriculum issues
- the community and external personnel to enhance curriculum development.

The following skills and attributes will be highly regarded
- Outstanding pedagogical practice
- Ability to contribute significantly to the leadership team
- Excellent communication skills - including listening & conversational skills
- Good staff relationships and interpersonal skills to contribute to school culture

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

**Interested? To apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
- Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities identified in the attached role description.

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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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