Head Of Department - Teaching And Learning - Redlynch State College, Education

Queensland Government; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government seeks a strategic Head of Department - Teaching and Learning for Redlynch State College in Cairns, Australia. The role will guide curriculum, assessment, and reporting across the Primary Campus, ensuring alignment with year-level standards and campus improvement priorities.

You will drive data-informed teaching, oversee reading improvement initiatives, and build teacher capability through coaching, professional learning, and collaborative leadership to enhance student

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements across the Primary Campus.
• Lead collaborative planning to align teaching, assessment and moderation with year-level achievement standards.
• Embed consistent, high-impact teaching practices aligned with campus improvement priorities.
• Lead academic progress reviews using classroom assessment, reading assessments and student work samples to identify learning needs and monitor growth.
• Support teachers to use data to plan targeted teaching, differentiation, intervention and extension.
• Lead assessment and moderation processes to strengthen consistency of teacher judgement and accurate reporting of student achievement.
• Lead the implementation and monitoring of the Primary Campus reading improvement agenda.
• Strengthen evidence-informed reading instruction through explicit teaching, consistent pedagogical practices and targeted professional learning.
• Work with teachers and leaders to evaluate the impact of reading instruction and respond to student learning needs.
• Build teacher capability through coaching, modelling, observation, feedback and professional learning.
• Lead purposeful collaboration to strengthen curriculum knowledge and classroom practice.
• Establish clear expectations, monitor agreed actions and evaluate their impact on student progress and achievement.

Job description

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Curriculum and instructional leadership Lead the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements across the Primary Campus. Lead collaborative planning to align teaching, assessment and moderation with year-level achievement standards. Embed consistent, high-impact teaching practices aligned with campus improvement priorities.
• Student achievement and data-informed teaching Lead academic progress reviews using classroom assessment, reading assessments and student work samples to identify learning needs and monitor growth. Support teachers to use data to plan targeted teaching, differentiation, intervention and extension. Lead assessment and moderation processes to strengthen consistency of teacher judgement and accurate reporting of student achievement.
• Reading implementation and improvement Lead the implementation and monitoring of the Primary Campus reading improvement agenda. Strengthen evidence-informed reading instruction through explicit teaching, consistent pedagogical practices and targeted professional learning. Work with teachers and leaders to evaluate the impact of reading instruction and respond to student learning needs.
• Teacher capability and collaborative leadership Build teacher capability through coaching, modelling, observation, feedback and professional learning. Lead purposeful collaboration to strengthen curriculum knowledge and classroom practice. Establish clear expectations, monitor agreed actions and evaluate their impact on student progress and achievement.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Head of Department - Teaching and Learning - Redlynch State College, Education Cairns, Australia