Teacher Technology - Mitchell High School

NSW Department of Education; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Education seeks a qualified teacher to deliver Technology Mandatory ITX (Years 7–8) and Industrial Technology – Timber ITW at Mitchell High School. You will collaborate across faculties to support student learning and wellbeing, with a strong focus on Aboriginal Education policies and inclusive practice.

The successful candidate must hold unconditional approval to teach and demonstrate effective communication, teamwork and commitment to high standards in academic and personal

Qualifications

• Must hold unconditional approval to teach.
• Ability to collaborate across faculties to support learning outcomes.
• Commitment to Aboriginal Education policies and inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Technology Mandatory ITX to Years 7-8 and ITW in a school setting.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the faculty to enhance student outcomes.
• Uphold Aboriginal Education policies and promote inclusive teaching practices.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multicultural awareness

Education

Unconditional full approval to teach

Tools

ITX (Technology Mandatory)

ITW (Industrial Technology – Timber)

Job description

Mitchell High School is a comprehensive high school serving the southern area of the Blacktown and Prospect districts. We are committed to creating quality learning opportunities for all students by proactively supporting and enhancing cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. We aim to foster connectedness, improve motivation, enhance school attainment, increase confidence and build resilience in all students through the provision of opportunities to connect, succeed and thrive. Our student population is highly multicultural with enrolments consistently around 900 students. 52% of the students are from EAL/D backgrounds with approximately 10% from a refugee background. We also have 51 students who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. There are 100 staff including 70 teachers, 12 SASS and 8 SLSOs. The school has an excellent reputation in the community and achieves sound results in the RoSA and HSC. Mitchell High is noted for its excellence and traditions. There is an expectation that students have high personal standards in academia, presentation and behaviour. Leadership is developed through numerous programs with students given community-wide responsibilities. We are a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school which enhances learning, behaviour, self-esteem and confidence. We are embarking on a new initiative, Resilience In Our Teens (RIOT), a program that provides a wrap around approach to help teenagers learn skills to manage anxiety and build resilience. In line with the High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy, MHS works on delivering opportunities for all students promoting and challenging individuals across all domains of potential. Mitchell High places an emphasis on continually enhancing the quality of teaching by high-impact staff professional learning and development.

• Approval to teach Technology Mandatory (ITX Years 7-8) and Industrial Technology – Timber (ITW)
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively within a faculty and across the school.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education policies.
• Unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.

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.

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.