Teacher - Humanities and Social Sciences

3 days ago


West Perth, Australia Department of Education, Western Australia Full time

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/TCH904919

Appointment Pool

Kent Street Senior High School (SHS) is seeking to establish a pool of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Teachers for appointments to permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2024 school year and up to the end of Term 2, 2025. Appointments can be made from the pool at any time for commencements within the 2024 school year up to the end of Term 2, 2025.

Suitable applicants will ideally be dedicated, highly competent, and enthusiastic HASS teachers with excellent interpersonal skills. Our school embraces our core values of ‘Respect, Resilience and Responsibility’ and we are looking for teachers who will promote these core values. Kent Street Senior High School prides itself on its collegiality and support; staff can expect a range of development opportunities to help them reach their professional goals.

Suitable applicants should have the knowledge and skills necessary to apply a range of high impact engaging teaching strategies and develop a positive classroom learning environment. Our teachers are dedicated and intrinsically motivated educators who have the ability to develop and differentiate high quality teaching and learning programs, to meet the needs of our students. Applicants will ideally provide excellence in creating and maintaining a supportive and safe learning environment and provide educational opportunities and activities which enable students to achieve their highest potential. Flexibility and willingness to work collaboratively are important attributes. 

Similarly, suitable applicants will ideally be able to teach students of varying ability levels across Year 7 to 12 in a highly engaging manner, be highly motivated, display data literacy skills and monitoring processes, and be student and relationship focused. To be successful in this role you should display the professional knowledge, understandings and experience to deliver an engaging and relevant secondary school HASS curriculum. Experience teaching Economics, Psychology, Geography, or Business Management and Enterprise will be highly regarded.

Suitable applicants should support the implementation of the school’s business plan, work and teach in a team environment, be committed to whole school approaches and initiatives, and have a strong evidence-based approach to teaching. As part of their standard practice, teachers should embrace opportunities to reflect on and assess the effectiveness of their teaching practices using a variety of methods available within the school. We are seeking teachers that will have a growth mindset and a desire for continuous improvement.

Finally, suitable applicants should place high emphasis on parent partnerships and desires to communicate with parents regularly throughout the year. We are seeking highly organised people who have good communication skills, are solution focussed and want to contribute to the entire school community.

At Kent Street SHS we aim to build highly skilled, knowledgeable, flexible young people who have a commitment to life-long learning and contributing to a vibrant and caring community. Our teachers promote a culture of endeavour and achievement and take pride in being innovative, nurturing, creative and adventurous. The school is characterised by educational programs that maximise the engagement of our students.

Kent Street SHS is an Independent Public School located within 5 kilometres of the Perth CBD. We cater for a diverse clientele from across WA (Western Australia) who travel great distances or reside at the Rotary Residential College located on our site to engage in our approved specialist programs. We also work as part of the Curtin Education Community to actively engage our local primary schools in the Victoria Park area. Kent Street’s motto of ‘Courage to Achieve’ underpins our mission to empower students to achieve through innovative teaching and mutual respect.

To be suitable for this role, you will need to demonstrate your competency against the following domains (that govern the ):

Professional knowledge; Professional practice; and Professional engagement.

Applications will be assessed against these domains. The business needs of the school may also be considered. It is therefore recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.

Applicants currently completing the Department of Education Leap program (formerly known as the Switch program) can apply for vacancies using their current or Leap qualification – even if they have not completed the program at the time of applying. Applicants may be appointed to a vacancy based on the qualification being completed via the Leap program.

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.



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