Teacher English/History - Kotara High School

EducationHQ; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Kotara High School in Newcastle is inviting applications for a Teacher English/History. The successful candidate will teach Ancient History, English Years 7–10, English 11–12 and History Extension, and contribute to HSIE programs within a supportive school community of over 1100 students and 120 staff.

The role requires full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education and a commitment to differentiated instruction, collaboration with colleagues, and improving literacy and numeracy

Qualifications

• Approval to teach Ancient History, English Years 7-10, English Years 11-12 and History Extension.
• Ability to write and deliver innovative HSIE teaching programs to engage learning.
• Differentiation of teaching with multiple literacy strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support student learning and school improvement.

Responsibilities

• Teach Ancient History, English Years 7-10, English Years 11-12, and History Extension as required.
• Develop and deliver HSIE programs that engage students and improve outcomes.
• Differentiate instruction to meet diverse learner needs and literacy goals.
• Collaborate with staff to contribute to Kotara High School's improvement plan.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Differentiated instruction

Collaboration

Education

Full teaching approval (NSW DoE)

Bachelor's degree in Education or equivalent

Job description

Teacher English/History - Kotara High School

Kotara High School is a comprehensive co-educational high school located in the city of Newcastle with an enrolment of over 1100 students, including 60 which identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and over 120 staff. The school offers an extensive curriculum allowing for students to follow a complete academic, vocational, or hybrid model of learning. Our students are highly motivated learners who excel academically across the curriculum. Students have built a strong sporting culture at the school, that historically, has been, and continues to be, competitive on a state and national level. There is a growing enrolment of Aboriginal students at Kotara High School, a school where the whole community is committed to promoting its cultural and linguistic diversity

The staff at Kotara High School is dynamic with various levels of experience and differing expertise. They are all committed with a strong ethos of collaboration, professional learning and continuous school improvement.

Recent initiatives that have had a positive impact upon our school include – the ALARM Matrix, Canvas, Student Mentoring, the Senior Learning Hub, transition and vocational programs. Kotara High School has strong connections with its partner primary schools, The University of Newcastle, Ube High School in Japan and the business community of Newcastle.

Throughout the 2024-2027 School Improvement Plan, KHS will be focused upon a number of key areas including, but not exclusive to, improving student levels of literacy and numeracy through the external Check-in assessment program, improving the percentage of students in both Band 5 and 6 in the HSC, and increasing the overall attendance rate of the entire student cohort. These improvement measures have been isolated from a deep situational analysis and collaboration with all stakeholders, including students, staff, community and the Muloobinbah AECG.

About this job

Position Information

Kotara High School is a comprehensive co-educational high school located in the city of Newcastle with an enrolment of over 1100 students, including 60 which identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and over 120 staff. The school offers an extensive curriculum allowing for students to follow a complete academic, vocational, or hybrid model of learning. Our students are highly motivated learners who excel academically across the curriculum. Students have built a strong sporting culture at the school, that historically, has been, and continues to be, competitive on a state and national level. There is a growing enrolment of Aboriginal students at Kotara High School, a school where the whole community is committed to promoting its cultural and linguistic diversity

The staff at Kotara High School is dynamic with various levels of experience and differing expertise. They are all committed with a strong ethos of collaboration, professional learning and continuous school improvement.

Recent initiatives that have had a positive impact upon our school include – the ALARM Matrix, Canvas, Student Mentoring, the Senior Learning Hub, transition and vocational programs. Kotara High School has strong connections with its partner primary schools, The University of Newcastle, Ube High School in Japan and the business community of Newcastle.

Throughout the 2024-2027 School Improvement Plan, KHS will be focused upon a number of key areas including, but not exclusive to, improving student levels of literacy and numeracy through the external Check-in assessment program, improving the percentage of students in both Band 5 and 6 in the HSC, and increasing the overall attendance rate of the entire student cohort. These improvement measures have been isolated from a deep situational analysis and collaboration with all stakeholders, including students, staff, community and the Muloobinbah AECG.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach Ancient History, English Years 7-10, English Years 11-12 and History Extension.
2. Demonstrated ability to write and deliver innovative HSIE teaching and learning programs to inspire student engagement and improve learning outcomes.
3. Demonstrated capacity to differentiate teaching and integrate a variety of literacy strategies into classroom teaching.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal and organisational skills to effectively collaborate with colleagues to contribute to student learning.

Conditions

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.

Special Notes

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.

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