Concord High School is a dynamic 7–12 comprehensive co–educational school of over 1150 students, including 70% of students from a language background other than English and international students. Current school focuses include academic achievement, literacy, numeracy and student attendance within a supportive welfare environment. This includes wellbeing programs such as Positive Learning. Concord High School strives to promote a culture of excellence, integrity and caring and supports students through active programs of student wellbeing. The school enjoys a strong reputation in the local community for its high academic achievement, strong sporting programs and particularly the richness of its extra–curricular offerings. The school has a broad and differentiated curriculum that caters for varied interest and abilities including VET courses, a gifted and talented program, extensive technology resources and a broad range of extra–curricular activities. The diverse student body is catered to with an extensive range of sporting, creative and performing arts, public speaking, leadership, and personal development opportunities.
Approval to teach Society and Culture/International Studies and Studies of Religion.
Ability to develop implement and evaluate high quality HSIE teaching and learning programs that are differentiated to meet the needs of diverse learners, including HPGE, EALD and students requiring additional learning support.
Evidence of highly effective classroom practice that fosters high expectations, student engagement and positive behaviour, with demonstrated ability to monitor student progress and use both school based and external data to inform teaching practice and support student growth.
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.
