J. J. Cahill Memorial High School is in Mascot, a fast-growing residential area. The school has a solid focus on community and works closely with families to support the learning and wellbeing needs of all students. JJCMHS strategically targets growth in literacy and numeracy and delivering quality teaching and learning underpinned by evidence-based practices and improved student learning outcomes. The school provides an environment that promotes engagement in learning, challenging students to strive for success. The school takes a trauma informed strengths-based approach to student learning and utilises the Positive Behaviour for Learning framework to explicitly and collaboratively define the school’s values and encourage students to actively participate in their own learning, developing prosocial behaviours and responsible attitudes towards the school and the community.
JJCMHS caters for the needs of students with a wide range of academic ability with a focus upon growing the student from where they are. The school gains significant growth in learning from year 7 to 9 and excellent post school outcomes for students. Students come from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and enrolments are currently around 320, including 23 students who are Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander and 73 students identified as EAL/D. The school’s support unit caters for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities as well as students with an autism diagnosis.
The school has a commitment to not only the education of students, but is interested in the whole student development as an adult able to effectively contribute to the world they live in. It achieves this through a long-term commitment to the development of proactive and positive wellbeing programs and supports, an ongoing commitment to professional learning for all staff, having a clear understanding of the value of staff with specific expertise in wellbeing such as the school counsellors and student support officer and linking with external expertise and support.
JJCMHS identifies the potential of all students across the intellectual creative, physical and social and emotional domains and looks for opportunities to develop talent. While JJCMHS is a small school it provides opportunities for students to develop both inside an outside the classroom.
Approval to teach Library or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Library qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
Demonstrated skill in managing a school library, including library management systems, digital technologies and implementation of whole school events and programs aligned with the teacher librarian role.
Capacity to promote and sustain a whole-school culture of reading by engaging students and staff in literary experiences, reading initiatives, and programs that support lifelong reading habits.
Highly interpersonal skills and the ability to make evidence-based decisions in curating a collection to build and sustain engagement by raising the profile of an inclusive and innovative library space.
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.
How to Apply
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.
For technical support please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.
