Head of Teaching & Learning: Data-Driven Growth & Reading

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

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