Teacher - Personal Development, Health & Physical Education - The Rivers Secondary College Richmond River High Campus

About this job

Position Information

RHHC, located in the Lismore township, is a medium size (521 enrolments) comprehensive public high school working within The Rivers Secondary College. Our school community includes a unique mix of rural and urban families, socioeconomic groups, diverse households, alternative lifestyles and identities. First Nations cultures represent 18% of our student body. We are committed to continuous improvement in quality teaching and learning, to provide a learning environment in which all students are valued and can experience growth and success in their school and post-school pathways.RHHC, located in the Lismore township, is a medium size (521 enrolments) comprehensive public high school working within The Rivers Secondary College. Our school community includes a unique mix of rural and urban families, socioeconomic groups, diverse households, alternative lifestyles and identities. First Nations cultures represent 18% of our student body. We are committed to continuous improvement in quality teaching and learning, to provide a learning environment in which all students are valued and can experience growth and success in their school and post-school pathways.RHHC, located in the Lismore township, is a medium size (521 enrolments) comprehensive public high school working within The Rivers Secondary College. Our school community includes a unique mix of rural and urban families, socioeconomic groups, diverse households, alternative lifestyles and identities. First Nations cultures represent 18% of our student body. We are committed to continuous improvement in quality teaching and learning, to provide a learning environment in which all students are valued and can experience growth and success in their school and post-school pathways.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach PHP (PD/Health/PE), CFS (Community & Family Studies), ECS (Exploring Early Childhood/Child Studies) and SLR (Sport, Lifestyle & Rec/Physical Activity and Sports Studies.
2. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively design, implement and evaluate differentiated, evidence-based teaching and learning programs that maximise student engagement, growth, and achievement across a diverse range of learners.
3. Enthusiastic and proactive teacher with strong communication skills, able to build positive relationships with staff, students, and the wider school community, and to create engaging, inclusive classrooms that foster a culture of high expectations.
4. Proven capacity to contribute to the delivery of school sport and to lead or support extra-curricular initiatives that promote student wellbeing, participation, and connection to the school community.

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.