Teacher Human Society and its Environment - Melonba High School

Teaching Service; Sydney; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Melonba High School, a new NSW Department of Education high school near Marsden Park, invites applications for teachers approved to teach Business Studies and Geography for years 7–10.

You will help establish strong HSIE teaching practices at a school building its first senior cohort, collaborate with colleagues to support diverse learners, and foster a positive, high-expectation learning culture across the campus.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach Business Studies and Geography 7-10.
• Ability to design programs and assessments for Stage 6.
• Capacity to engage students of varying abilities and needs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a HSIE faculty to implement teaching practices at a new school with a senior cohort.
• Establish high expectations and a positive classroom culture.

Skills

Approval to teach Business Studies

Approval to teach Geography

Collaborative HSIE team

Engage diverse learners

Job description

Position Information

Melonba High School is a school located in the new suburb of Melonba near Marsden Park. It opened in temporary premises at the start of 2024 with Years 7 and 8 students and is now our permanent premises from the beginning of 2025, now with students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. 2027 will see our first Year 11 cohort.

We are experiencing rapid growth enrolment with 1137 students currently and projected to be 1450 students in 2027. When completed, the school will have capacity for 2000 students. Our first HSC cohort will be in 2028.The school incorporates an innovative and future focused educational model, reflective of agile teaching and learning areas while also supporting the welfare needs of students.

Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Business Studies and Geography 7-10, with the demonstrated ability to successfully design programs and assessments for Stage 6
• Capacity to work collaboratively within a HSIE faculty and as part of a whole school initiative to establish highly effective teaching practices at a new school with its first senior cohort.
• Demonstrated capacity to engage students of varying abilities and learning needs in their learning through the establishment of high expectations and positive classroom culture.

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.