POSITION INFORMATION

Smith’s Hill High School is an academically selective school situated in central Wollongong. It has an enrolment of 734 students drawn from a broad geographical area. Students with a language background other than English make up 34% of the student population and Indigenous students make up 1%. Smith’s Hill High School supports every student to achieve their educational potential, through talent development opportunities, and differentiated teaching and learning practices to ensure that their specific learning and wellbeing needs are met. The school fosters a safe, nurturing and harmonious environment where diversity is embraced and celebrated; and students experience a flexible, challenging and relevant learning environment. Smith’s Hill High School has dedicated and passionate staff, caring and engaged parents, and motivated students with a genuine love of learning. The school’s curriculum provides a broad range of subject choices and includes a strong Visual Arts program. It also provides a range of extracurricular opportunities across all stages and a variety of learning pathways. The school is committed to continually improving effective classroom practices with staff professional learning being the key to ensuring this. Professional learning ensures that student growth and attainment, and both literacy and numeracy levels, can be enhanced through improved use of data to support differentiated learning.

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
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