Cheltenham Girls’ High School, with an enrolment of 1400 students, including 69% of students from a non-English speaking background, is a leading comprehensive girls' school with strong traditions. The school is committed to providing all students with opportunities to achieve excellence in all areas of student achievement. The school has dedicated and highly experienced staff, and articulate and involved parents. School strategic directions include strengthening the partnership between the school and the community, supporting curriculum differentiation for all students across all key learning areas, and supporting the delivery of high-quality teaching in every classroom. The classroom teacher will work with a dedicated faculty team to plan and deliver effective teaching and learning. They will participate in whole-school professional learning to support continuous improvement in student growth and attainment, develop expertise in pedagogy, and build relationships with students and the wider community to foster strong partnerships for learning.
1. Approval to teach English 7-12, including Extension 1 and 2.
2. Demonstrated capacity to inspire and challenge motivated learners through the delivery of rigorous, differentiated and engaging English programs that promote achievement and critical thinking.
3. Demonstrated organisational skills to manage deadlines for a variety of stakeholders, including analysing school-based and external data to inform improved teaching and learning practices, providing feedback, marking and reporting.
4. Demonstrated highly effective interpersonal and communication skills that build positive relationships with students, colleagues and parents while supporting student wellbeing and engagement.
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.
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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
