Job Description - Head Teacher English - Greystanes High School (0000BDNS)

Head Teacher English - Greystanes High School - 0000BDNS

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Location

Sydney Region

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $168,946.00. This position attracts a base salary of $149,059.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.

School Name Greystanes High School

Principal Network Girraween

FTE 1.000

Contact Phone number 96319144

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

04-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Greystanes High School is a comprehensive secondary school with an enrolment of approximately 1,100 students. The school community is culturally diverse, with more than 63% of students coming from language backgrounds other than English, 3% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and a Special Education Support Unit catering for 47 students. The school is committed to excellence in all areas of student learning and achievement through high-quality teaching practices and targeted wellbeing programs. An experienced and dedicated staff works collaboratively to create a caring and supportive learning environment that offers a diverse curriculum, with innovative programs designed to engage, challenge, and support all students. Greystanes High School prides itself on fostering a culture of positive relationships for learning, student wellbeing and harmony, and an inclusive school community where every student is encouraged to reach their full potential.

Specific Selection Criteria

- Demonstrated capacity to lead a faculty and build staff capabilities to deliver high-quality,



evidence-informed and inclusive teaching programs that promote engagement and high expectations.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate dynamically to the executive leadership team, implementing qualified learning and leading initiatives aligned with whole-school strategic directions.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead evidence-informed literacy initiatives that improve students' reading and writing across the faculty and school, using data to identify needs, monitor progress and evaluate impact.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead the English faculty to sustained HSC excellence through rigorous curriculum planning, analysis of assessment data, explicit teaching, quality assessment and targeted intervention.

General Selection Criteria

1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
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Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

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

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here .

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge theircontinued connection to their country and culture.

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