Head Teacher - English - Endeavour Sports High School

Endeavour Sports High School embraces academic excellence as its highest priority. Located in southern Sydney, the school has a student population of more than 1300 (6% Indigenous and 15% EALD) and is a designated Sports High School. As a comprehensive, co-educational school, Endeavour provides a caring, disciplined and well-resourced environment where every student is supported to achieve their potential through quality teaching and learning. The school is committed to academic excellence, citizenship, elite sports and the arts, underpinned by our core values: academic excellence, personal best, commitment and respect.

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Position Information

Endeavour Sports High School embraces academic excellence as its highest priority. Located in southern Sydney, the school has a student population of more than 1300 (6% Indigenous and 15% EALD) and is a designated Sports High School. As a comprehensive, co-educational school, Endeavour provides a caring, disciplined and well-resourced environment where every student is supported to achieve their potential through quality teaching and learning. The school is committed to academic excellence, citizenship, elite sports and the arts, underpinned by our core values: academic excellence, personal best, commitment and respect.

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

Specific Selection Criteria

- Demonstrated leadership in achieving outstanding English results within the context of a complex and diverse school environment
- Demonstrated leadership in the design and delivery of whole school literacy programs.
- Demonstrated adaptive and responsive leadership to the changing needs and demands of a large and complex school.

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 prospect.

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.

📌 Head Teacher - English - Endeavour Sports High School (Sydney)
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📍 Sydney