Academic Leader – HSIE

About us

Set in the heart of Dubbo, we offer a distinctive Christ-centred education for students from Prep to Year 12, with boarding available for Senior School. Since 2002, we’ve built a strong reputation for a high-expectations learning culture and a supportive, values-driven environment that serves Dubbo and the greater Central West.

As one of 18 schools within the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation, we create a Christian educational environment that integrates faith, learning, and service, guided by the principles and values of the Anglican Church.

Education at Macquarie extends beyond academics, focusing on the development of the whole child through our Teaching and Learning Framework, Christian values, and rich co-curricular opportunities.

Our motto, Faith in Action, embodies our mission to cultivate resilient, service-minded young people who are ready to make a positive impact in the world.

About you

• A degree in the relevant subject area, any additional qualifications and current NESA registration
• A commitment to life-long learning and a passion for teaching
• A sense of innovation and creativity
• An enjoyment of working with young people
• A proven understanding of recent teaching methodology, including differentiation of the curriculum
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A willingness to be a member of a team and work collegially with other staff members
• A strong desire to be involved in the education of the whole child, socially, emotionally, spiritually and academically
• Excellent organisational skills
• Compliance with all Child Protection legislation

Key responsibilities

Academic

• Be accountable to the Head of Teaching and Learning for the effective implementation of all Academic-related policies, procedures and programs and also for the professional teaching performance of teachers in their faculty.
• Collaborate with and advise faculty staff concerning the most effective procedures and strategies for the management of individual students and groups of students.
• Communicate promptly and clearly with parents to achieve both understanding and ownership of identified issues and also provide active and consistent support for parents and students to achieve collaborative processes and solutions.
• Participate with students in activities, and relate to students purposefully in informal settings, in order to increase rapport with individuals and groups of students.
• Participate in all appropriate meetings, as well as convening group discussions of staff, parents and others to progress the welfare management of individual students.
• Have oversight of and responsibility for implementing faculty budgets.
• Have oversight of compliance processes for all faculty staff including teaching programs and meeting deadlines, as well as their personal and professional development and performance management.
• Facilitate and maintain meeting minutes for your team.
• Fulfil such other duties as may be required and determined by the Principal.

Curriculum

• Plan and organise programs and lessons for effective teaching to occur, using the School Curriculum Planning model.
• Differentiate the curriculum to cater for the range of abilities, interests and backgrounds of all students.
• Develop, construct and implement a balanced range of assessment tasks to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and ways of working.
• Evaluate student performance on assessment tasks, analyse data and maintain records of student achievement to inform teaching practice.
• Provide timely and appropriated data-driven feedback to individual students.
• Pilot mark and moderate student performance to ensure consistency of standards across the School.
• Report constructively through open communication with parents by way of interview, telephone conversation, student report cards and the maintenance of anecdotal records.
• Become informed about individual students’ learning characteristics and academic capabilities through examination of Individual Learning Profiles (ILP’s).
• Communicate unsatisfactory academic performance and evidence that a student may be academically at risk to the Director of Studies.
• Ensure the effective use of the School’s on-line learning management tools by all faculty staff.

Professional Standards

• Develop and maintain a current knowledge of and expertise in pedagogy and subject-related disciplines.
• Attend professional development activities to improve teaching methods, pastoral skills and knowledge.
• Work collaboratively as a member of the teaching team to ensure the best possible outcomes for the students.
• Meet all deadlines in a timely manner.
• Comply with the Staff Code of Conduct.
• Actively address individual accreditation requirements.
• Lead Faculty and Staff meetings.

Classroom Management

• Apply effective behaviour management techniques which are based on recognised theories of behaviour.
• Have knowledge of and advise students about the School’s Code of Conduct.
• Encourage students to meet the School’s expectations.
• Interact with students in a courteous, firm, consistent and fair manner at all times.
• Take responsibility for recording, managing and following-up of inappropriate student behaviour.
• Be punctual, manage time, carry out lesson planning and implement assessment schedules efficiently.
• Establish a learning environment where students feel safe to risk full participation.
• Demonstrate strategies to create a positive environment supporting student effort and learning.
• Monitor student progress and liaise with the relevant Year Patron, staff member or the Learning Support Coordinator regarding individual student learning needs.

Pastoral Care

• Take responsibility for the pastoral needs, duty of care and standards of behaviour of all students inside and outside the classroom.

Other

• Undertake supervision of and/or participation in co-curricular activities.
• Supervise additional classes as required.
• Comply with the accepted dress code of the School as outlined in the Staff Handbook.
• Exhibit personal behaviour reflective of the ethos and Christian foundations of the School.
• Follow Workplace, Health and Safety procedures.
• Perform other reasonable duties as directed by the Principal.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit:

1. Your CV
2. A completed Application for Employment – Teaching Staff (https://www.mags.nsw.edu.au/assets/Downloads/application-for-employment-teacher.pdf)
3. A cover letter addressing the Position Description.

Please submit all documentation to employment@mags.nsw.edu.au. Any questions may also be directed to this email. Applications close 21 August 2026.

Attachments:

• 25 Academic Leader - Position Description (002).pdf