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 Shailer Park State High School
Shailer Park State High School is looking for a dynamic, motivated and innovative leader for the position of Head of House in our Student Services Team. Shailer Park State High School's vision is "Excellence in Learning and Life' and as a Head of House you will support and lead initiatives that enhance the engagement, belonging, wellbeing and behaviour support of Year 7 - 12 students to achieve this vision.
At Shailer Park State High School, our Student Services Team is committed to supporting all students to successfully access all learning environments. We welcome applicants who have a genuine interest in joining this high performing team.
About the Role
**In this position you will be responsible for**:

- Positively impacting student learning outcomes, social emotional development and wellbeing to support high quality outcomes for students in your House and allocated year level.
- Leading the development, resourcing and implementation of the Wellbeing Curriculum for a specific year level in collaboration with the wider Student Services Team.
- Proactively leading the work to connect students with the Student Services Team to provide support and intervention for students who are experiencing significant barriers in accessing their learning through academic, behaviour and/or social emotional engagement issues.
- Liaising with parents, teachers and support staff to provide support and guidance for students when needed.
- Coordinating year level events for whole cohort activities to develop a sense of year-level identity and belonging (e.g. Collaboratively run year level assemblies, camps, projects and celebrations).
- Promoting quality teaching and learning to support every student's engagement in their education and for nurturing positive relationships between students, teachers, parents and education stakeholders.
- Proactively leading a strategic portfolio to support student outcomes and whole school improvement.
- Leading data-based improvement cycles and coaching staff to impact student outcomes and whole school improvement.
- Upholding the school's values, expectations and House culture system through strong leadership skills.

**To be successful in this role you**:

- Need to be an effective communicator with excellent skills in developing positive relationships and have the ability to function to a high standard in a team environment.
- Will possess a sound knowledge of essential skills of classroom management (escm) and have strong de-escalation and emotional regulation skills.
- May possess knowledge of functional behaviour assessment (fba), classroom profiling, restorative practices, positive behaviour for learning, inclusive education and development of student wellbeing.

This position will have a fractional teaching load and a fractional case management load.
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)

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).
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