Head Teacher Learning

Auburn Girls High School is a partially academically selective and comprehensive high school with an enrolment of 850 girls, 98% of whom have a language background other than English. The school has increasingly achieved outstanding HSC and NAPLAN results. This is due to a strong commitment to building collective teacher efficacy and utilising evidence-based practices to target areas, including literacy, numeracy, and HPGE. Auburn Girls High School has developed a strengths-based Positive Education wellbeing platform where every student is known, valued, and cared for within a culture of high expectations and academic rigour.

Our school's vision statement is "Auburn Girls High School is a centre of excellence in girls' education". This can be seen not only in academic results but also in the commitment to student leadership and the thriving extracurricular programs, such as sports, dance, school band, debating, and competitions. The school's motto is: Learn, Lead, Succeed.

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

1. Proven leadership of a Learning Support Faculty to deliver high-quality teaching and support to students with additional learning needs. With the ability to liaise and coordinate Departmental and external support services to meet specific learning needs.

2. Proven ability to collect and analyse data, and build the capacity of staff to use data to improve practice and cater for the diverse needs of students to improve learning and engagement.

3. Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills that foster positive relationships with all stakeholders, including departmental and external support services, parents and students, to collaboratively develop and implement strategies to meet specific learning needs.

4. Demonstrated capacity to collaboratively develop and implement programs connected with the strategic directions of the school, and work with executive teams and the broader school community, in the progress and evaluation of these directions.

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.