Head Of Department

1 week ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Education Full time

This image is courtesy of Mount Gravatt State High School.
About the School
Mount Gravatt State High School is a co-educational State Secondary school situated in the southern suburb of Mt Gravatt, located about 10 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD. Founded in 1960, Mount Gravatt State High School has a strong academic tradition and is highly regarded for its outstanding culture of learning, high standards and expectations, inclusiveness and sense of community while being contemporary, futures focused and providing many opportunities to promote personal growth and global citizenship. The school motto, 'Digna Petamus' (Let us seek worthy things), is reflected in all that we do and the 4 Pillars of Learning: Academic, Cultural, Sport and Community defines our commitment to excellence, opportunity and challenge for every child to have a sense of belonging and pride.
About the Role
As Head of Department - Mathematics, you will have responsibility for, but not limited to, the implementation of the school's explicit improvement agenda that includes:

- Thinking strategically and innovatively in the approach to curriculum, pedagogy and staff professional growth to ensure continuous improvement of the school's educational programs.
- Leading the implementation of the Australian Curriculum Version 9 Mathematics and the QCAA Senior Mathematics Curricular.
- Supporting the Learning progression for all students within a framework of equity and excellence.
- Consistent approach to pedagogy to reduce variance of impacts.
- Strengthening high performance in senior outcomes.
- Strengthen staff and student wellbeing.
- Playing a lead role in the development, implementation and ongoing review of the school's explicit improvement agenda.
- Building staff capability through a problem of practice approach to improvement, collaborative empowerment through a faculty based professional learning teams, coaching and mentoring.
- Embedding of the Mount Gravatt High Approach to Pedagogy.
- Implementing the Mount Gravatt High Curriculum Planning Process.

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

**Interested? To apply**:

- Attach a maximum 3 page resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
- Attach a maximum 4 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities under the 'How you will be assessed' section in the attached role description.

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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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