Head Teacher English

North Sydney Girls High is an established fully academically selective school catering for over 900 high potential and gifted students. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds with 93% being of language backgrounds other than English.

Students are highly motivated, aspirational, and deeply involved with their school community. A concept-driven curriculum has been developed with a focus on varied and authentic assessment. Curriculum programs emphasise higher order critical and creative thinking and are complemented by extensive co-curricular sporting, cultural and civic programs. Achieving one's personal best and self-reflection are key elements of the school's ethos leading to a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

North Sydney Girls High School has a strong culture of building leadership capacity of students and staff to work towards continual school improvement and delivering the goals of our School Excellence Plan.

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

1. Record of outstanding results and expertise in leading, teaching and assessing Stage 6 English with innovative, high-quality teaching and learning programs that promote high expectations, intellectual rigour and engagement for high potential and gifted students.

2. Demonstrated high-level educational leadership skills and emotional intelligence, with the proven capacity to establish, lead and manage a diverse English faculty, cultivating a collaborative and high performing team environment to drive excellence in teaching and learning for high potential and gifted students from years 7 to 12.

3. Outstanding communication and organisational skills with demonstrated capacity to effectively coordinate faculty systems and processes, lead the implementation of the new Stage 6 syllabuses, build the capacity of staff and generate a shared vision of excellence that ensures measurable improvement in student learning outcomes.

4. A highly visible and approachable leader with the proven capacity to be a collaborative and dynamic member of the executive team to lead evidence-based initiatives that drive whole-school continuous improvement, including explicit teaching and literacy instruction in a high potential and gifted education setting.

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.