Head Teacher Teaching and Learning

Colyton High School is a comprehensive high school with a current enrolment of over 750 students including 11% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 18% EALd and 40% LBOTE. The school is committed to providing high quality learning experiences for students from a range of cultural and social backgrounds, providing an innovated and engaging curriculum. The school has an established support unit with 3 classes. The school offers a wide range of extracurricular programs including sporting, creative and performing arts programs. There is a strong emphasis on student leadership program and student agency. The school proactively builds strong parent and community partnerships.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Demonstrated capacity to co-lead the implementation of professional learning related to the school focus on explicit teaching and support staff at whole school, faculty and individual levels to improve student learning outcomes.
• Ability to support the implementation of High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) programs, including identification and program planning to enrich student learning.
• Demonstrated capacity to use ICT to streamline processes relating to teaching and learning and to enhance data analysis, making data accessible and useful for teachers.
• Demonstrated capacity to design and implement practices to improve curriculum delivery through innovative program design and approaches to assessing student achievement.

1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice

2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs

3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams

4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents

5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning

6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.