Teacher Biology

Kingswood High School is a comprehensive coeducational high school established in 1969 and located in the Penrith Valley area. The school comprises 1032 students, including 15% of students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and 29% of students who have a language background other than English. The school also includes a Special Education Unit that supports up to 60 students through the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning activities personalised to support student growth and development. The school occupies spacious grounds with specialised facilities, including a state-of-the-art Trade Training Centre, Multipurpose Sports Centre and Auditorium, student-managed cafe, after-school Homework Club, fully equipped gym, international quality sporting field, a diverse Primary Industry Farm, and the Kingswood Recording Studio.

The school is committed to developing socially responsible, self-disciplined, motivated, life-long learners in a safe, supportive, inclusive learning environment. Fully qualified staff collaborate and share quality teaching practices to continuously develop their curriculum and pedagogical expertise, ensuring students are challenged to show sustained growth in learning outcomes. The school offers a well-rounded, holistic education for all students through nurturing and catering to their academic, social, and emotional needs. Strong wellbeing platforms and research-driven innovation underpin whole school initiatives to support literacy and numeracy progression in partnership with improved student engagement, attendance, and attainment. We value strong community involvement to complement the existing partnerships across the Kingswood Learning Community to maximise learning and support successful educational pathways for all. The school enjoys the support of its culturally and linguistically diverse community and continues to foster strong partnerships with universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and community groups. These partnerships enrich the school's ambition and aspirational vision to drive success for all stakeholders.

• Approval to teach Year 7-10 Science and Stage 6 Biology.
• Capacity to implement effective classroom management strategies and contribute to differentiated teaching and learning programs to maximise student growth and promote high expectations for all students, in order to create an inclusive school culture.
• Commitment to the Department of Education's Aboriginal Education policies.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.

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.

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.