Position Information
Killara High School has an enrolment of 1801 students, including 55% of students from a non-English speaking background Killara High School is a leading coeducational comprehensive high school with an outstanding reputation for providing opportunities, where all students can excel in academic, sporting, cultural, leadership and community service endeavours. The school is large, diverse, ambitious and innovative. There is a strong proactive focus on student learning and engagement to build critical and creative thinkers. The school's wellbeing program focuses on developing the whole student and includes camps, workshops and the mentor group program. The collaborative leadership team is highly engaged with students, parents and staff who form an articulate and confident community with high expectations. The school has a strong focus on rigorous professional learning which targets the improvement of student learning outcomes. A Bring Your Own Device program operates, and the school is the NSW flagship for the introduction of Compass Education, an online school and student management system. The school values its strong links with its community. The Parents and Citizens Association has a close working relationship with the school. Parents are committed to ensuring that the school has high-quality facilities. The School Plan, Annual School Report, Statement of Purpose and other relevant information can be found on the school's website http://www.killara-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Selection Criteria
Approval to teach GER German - Secondary and capacity to teach Stage 6 German Continuers and Beginners concurrently along with a willingness to teach German Extension.
Demonstrated ability to lead explicit teaching in their classroom and support all students to engage in their learning.
Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to work collaboratively as part of the Languages faculty team to contribute to a supportive and professional environment.
Ability and willingness to contribute to school culture that enriches language learning through the organisation and delivery of immersive language experiences such as incursions, excursions and overseas study tours.
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
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 (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) 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.