Job Description 

Picton High School has approximately 1,150 students including 10% of students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and 3% of students from an English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) background. The school also has nine support classes to accommodate the 70 students with identified learning and support needs. We are located south west of Sydney and have a regional outlook. We have seven "in area" primary schools between Camden and Mittagong. Approximately 100 teachers and support staff work to provide a quality education for our students.

Our community is a working community and has a strong sporting ethos. Our parents want the best for their children including post-school opportunities for employment, training, and university.
Community input for the development of our Situational Analysis was undertaken by surveys and phone interviews as well as updates in our school newsletter. Advice was also sought from our P&C and Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, student leaders, and all teaching staff.

During the transition to the new school build, staff have been developing skills in future-focused pedagogies and purchasing state-of-the-art resources to engage our 21st-century learnings. Sport features strongly in our curriculum and is highly valued by the community. We have a strong junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group group and we are keen to develop even more opportunities to engage with our wider Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander community.

1. Approval to teach  Mathematics 7-10 and Mathematics 11-12.

2. Demonstrated ability to provide engaging and challenging differentiated programs to meet diverse student learning and wellbeing needs, including the needs of gifted and talented students and students needing learning support.

3. Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively within an experienced, cohesive faculty on whole school and faculty initiatives that meet the learning needs of a diverse range of students.

4. Demonstrated classroom management skills to establish effective routines and structures that support the wellbeing and learning of students.

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. 

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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

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.