Position Information
Bowral is the largest town in the Southern Highlands, about 90 minutes southwest of Sydney. Bowral High School acknowledges its location on Gundungurra Land and was established at this site in 1929. It is a comprehensive high school with a virtual selective stream (Aurora) and a support unit of seven classes. The student enrolment of approximately 600 includes 75 Aboriginal students and an increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse students. The school has a Family Occupation and Educational Index of 109 and serves families from Bowral, Mittagong and the northern villages of the Southern Highlands.
We are a High Potential Gifted Education partner school and are invested to inspire, motivate and challenge all students by delivering quality instruction that enables all students to access opportunities to realise their potential and develop their talent in one or more of the following domains: intellectual, physical, creative and social-emotional.
Through effective partnerships, Bowral High School has collaborated with primary school partners to strengthen high school transition and with the broader community to build successful pathways beyond school, including work experience, vocational education and training, school-based traineeships and apprenticeships, university access and TAFE.
All students are known, valued, and cared for and student wellbeing is underpinned by Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) and Restorative Practice.
Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Technology Mandatory with the ability to deliver effective teaching and learning programs designed to engage, support and extend all students including Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander students with a focus on HPGE
Ability to lead and support staff in implementing differentiated teaching strategies that meet the diverse learning needs of students across all stages of the learning continuum, fostering inclusive practices.
Capacity to lead TAS and VET curriculum across the diverse TAS faculty, with highly developed interpersonal and leadership skills to work collaboratively with staff students and the wider community to support diverse student learning needs.
Capacity to lead, manage, deliver and implement whole school strategic directions, policies and HPGE initiatives as part of the school executive team.
General Selection Criteria
Conditions
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.
