NSW Department of Education
Location
Wales | United Kingdom
Job description
Head Teacher Mentor - Walgett Community College - High School ($5-8K Relocation Support Payment)-0000AHFP
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Advertisement Number A900132642
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $157,842.00. This position attracts a base salary of $140,502.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.
School Name Walgett Community College - High School
Principal Network Connected Communities Team 1
Staffing Area Bourke
FTE 1.000
Contact Name Tony Clark
Contact Phone number 0436 324 412
Contact School Admin -99999999
Position Information
Walgett Community College is located 290 kilometres north-west of Dubbo, near the junctions of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers. The High School has a Year 7-12 enrolment of 100 students, including approximately 96% Aboriginal students. The High School Campus offers two trade training centres that deliver courses in hospitality, metal and engineering, and construction.
Walgett Community College offers a range of programs that support students to learn about their identity and culture, improve wellbeing and build expectations for success. The school is part of the Connected Communities Strategy. Connected Communities is a strategy to drive improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people. The strategy positions schools as community hubs that broaden the influence of the community and school leadership in the delivery of key services that support children and young people from birth through school into further training, study and employment.
The Head Teacher Mentor will lead the support for early career permanent, temporary and casual teachers in Connected Communities schools. The Head Teacher Mentor will support teachers to strengthen their practice through an explicit, structured program of professional development, coaching, classroom observation, demonstration, team teaching and individualised professional feedback. The Head Teacher Mentor role will work closely with other executive to strengthen a positive performance and development culture across the school, aligned to the values of the Connected Communities strategy.
The Head Teacher Mentor does not have an allocated teaching timetable, however will work directly in classrooms supporting other teachers for at least half the teaching load of an executive teacher. While the Head Teacher Mentor does not replace the supervisory function of existing executive, particularly in relation to teacher accreditation, they will play a key role in supporting teachers with accreditation requirements.
Walgett Community College - High School is a 8 point school and as such attracts additional benefits and incentives. Please refer to:
Specific Selection Criteria
Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position.
In addition to the general selection criteria:
General Selection Criteria
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
Conditions
To be eligible for consideration, an applicant for a head teacher position in one of these educational
support areas must:
Special Notes
Walgett Community College - High School is a 8 point school and as such attracts additional benefits and incentives. Please refer to How the benefits work (nsw.gov.au)
Successful applicants may be entitled to a relocation support payment of $5,000 to $8,000 for eligible applicants.
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 ( [email protected] ) 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 .Job tags
Salary
$157.84k per annum
