Head of Department (Curriculum) - Strathpine State School

About this job

Who We Are:

Strathpine State School is appealing for its long-standing tradition of community connection and its commitment to providing a modern, supportive learning environment.

It is a well-established primary school located in Strathpine, Queensland. It serves a diverse student population and is known for fostering a supportive, inclusive, and community-oriented learning environment.

Strathpine State School promotes a collaborative and respectful workplace culture. Staff are encouraged to work as a team, sharing ideas and supporting one another in both classroom 
and administrative settings.

There is a strong emphasis on inclusivity, with programs designed to support students from varied cultural, social, and learning backgrounds. Staff are encouraged to continually develop their teaching practices, particularly in areas such as inclusive education, explicit reading, and student engagement strategies.

Step Into Your Next Chapter:

The HODC leads curriculum implementation and whole school programs, ensuring alignment with school and departmental initiatives and maintaining a strong focus on equitable, high quality learning for all students.

The role requires active participation in leadership, professional learning, and strategic planning to support ongoing improvement.

They build teacher capability through developing pedagogy, supporting high performance, and modelling socially just practices.

The role focuses on enabling every student to access appropriate curriculum and differentiated instruction while strengthening collaborative planning, moderation, and shared teacher efficacy to improve whole school outcomes.

Key priorities include:

• Leading the improvement of teaching practices across the school through modelling, coaching and structured capability development, and ensuring consistent, high quality implementation of the Australian Curriculum and assessment frameworks.
• Embed socially just practices in daily school life.
• Set high standards for student and staff performance.
• Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
• Form partnerships with students, parents, other government agencies, and community groups.

Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

The Perfect Fit:

To perform effectively, the HODC must demonstrate strong instructional expertise, including deep curriculum knowledge and the ability to lead high quality teaching and learning.

• Articulating a shared educational vision, setting high expectations, implementing equitable practices, and collaborating confidently with stakeholders.
• Understanding departmental policies and maintaining professional conduct are fundamental to meeting the role's responsibilities.
• Highly beneficial capabilities include experience in coaching teachers through observation and feedback, leading collaborative planning, supporting assessment design and moderation, and using data to drive improvement.
• Flexibility to adapt to local contexts, respond to teacher capability needs, and differentiate support.

Submit Your Application:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

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.