Teacher Personal Development, Health & Physical Education - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Permanent full-time job at Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts (Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B3NJ

Closing date November 19, 2025 (AEST)

Location Lysaght St, Fairy Meadow 2519 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Braiden Gilbert 0400811389

About this job

Position Information

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a culturally diverse, co-educational high school that focuses on the arts in a specialised environment. The twin goals 'academic excellence' and 'excellence in the performing arts' have succinctly summed up the school's purpose and focus for a number of years. The school, however, provides much more than our highly regarded academic and performing arts programs. All students are encouraged to pursue their goals and are given every opportunity to achieve their full potential through a broad and flexible curriculum with an emphasis on quality teaching. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts has an enrolment of 1152 students, including 52 Aboriginal students, with 65% of students enrolled at the school by auditioning in Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. The school enjoys strong support in the local community and there are effective partnerships with the local university and TAFE campuses, local and regional Performing Arts companies and has established connections with local community and business groups. Students represent the school at Creative and Performing arts events both locally and regionally, sporting events at local, regional and state level. The majority of the school's equity funding will be used to support initiatives outlined in the 2021-2025 school plan. These initiatives aim to improve literacy and numeracy results at the school and have a strong focus on the continual improvement of HSC results. The focus on HSC improvement involves all staff being involved in a deep analysis of HSC data to develop both individual and group learning programs. Each faculty will develop a strategic approach of continual HSC improvement. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is committed to refining effective classroom practice with ongoing staff professional development underpinning this belief. Staff professional learning will ensure that levels of literacy and numeracy continue to improve through the rigorous evaluation of data to promote enhanced learning outcomes for students. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts operates an on-site hearing unit as well as an off-site ED Unit known as the Smith Street Unit.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (Years 7–12), Stage 6 Community and Family Studies (CAFS) and Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation (SLR).
2. Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing engaging and effective teaching and learning opportunities.
3. Highly developed interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to contribute collaboratively to whole-school initiatives.
4. Demonstrated ability to support diverse student learning and behavioural needs through inclusive, evidence-based practices that promote engagement and wellbeing.

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.

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