Teacher Mathematics - Googong High School (Prov)

NSW Department of Education; Googong; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Googong High School, opening in 2027, seeks a Mathematics Teacher to join our founding STEM faculty in the Googong NSW community. You will help shape a modern curriculum, with opportunities to contribute to Science teaching and cross-disciplinary initiatives.

The role requires approval to teach Mathematics (7-12) and exemplary collaboration skills to work with peers across the STEM area and the wider school team.

Qualifications

• Unconditional approval to teach Mathematics (7-12) is required.
• Approval and/or willingness to teach Science and/or Biology.
• Strong teaching skills with capacity to implement a high impact STEM curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Teach Mathematics to Year 7–12; contribute to STEM curriculum.
• Be a founding member of the interdisciplinary STEM faculty.
• Collaborate with staff to implement Learning Sciences approaches.

Skills

Mathematics teaching

STEM curriculum

Team collaboration

Education

Approval to teach Mathematics (7-12)

Job description

Googong High School will open to year 7 and 8 students in 2027. Situated in the Queanbeyan Network on Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country, the school serves a rapidly growing, highly engaged and aspirational community, with the potential for the school to expand to cater for approximately 2000 students. The Teacher - Mathematics - will be a founding member of our interdisciplinary STEM faculty. This faculty will encompass Mathematics, Science and TAS. Whilst this role is for a Mathematics Teacher, successful applicants will take a key role in being part of larger school initiatives and may also be required to teach Science. Googong High School is being designed around an exciting and innovative curriculum structure that is founded in Learning Sciences. As a new school with the opportunity to establish a dynamic and contemporary culture, the school is building a learning design that reflects a broad research base in effective and modern teaching practices. This includes a whole school skills framework (RECONI) and teachers are well placed to build on these learning skills both through direct teaching and supporting other staff to implement these skills in their own subjects. In the absence of a school plan, interested applicants are encouraged to visit the school’s website at https://googong-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ and look carefully at the information regarding the school’s innovative approach to curriculum.

• Approval to teach Mathematics (7-12). Approval and/or willingness to teach Science and/or Biology.
• Strong teaching skills with a capacity to implement a high-impact, innovative STEM curriculum that delivers strong educational outcomes for students of all abilities and year groups.
• Exemplary personal, interpersonal and communication skills, with the capacity to work effectively as part of a team focused on shared practice.

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.

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 you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form).