Address About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Dysart State School
Welcome to Dysart State School, situated in the coal fields of the Central Highlands. Our Western location in the Queensland tropics is a wonderful blend of country life with regional support services. Our community partnerships with the Isaac Council, BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) mining company provide additional learning opportunities for our students and staff.
Our staff have a great sense of adventure and team spirit and enjoy living and teaching in a rural setting, supporting our students to be 'Dysart Dynamos' - safe, friendly, learners - across our school environment.
About the Role
The HOD is responsible for building teacher capability in planning and enacting curriculum, inclusive practices, designing pedagogical approaches, and aligning all work to our annual improvement plan which is currently focussed on Literacy (including alignment of our reading framework to AC), Pedagogy (particularly Inquiry Learning) and Wellbeing with PBL well established in the school.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Lead the relevant curriculum areas or whole school program to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
Embed socially just practices in daily school life.
Set high standards for student and staff performance.
Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
Form partnerships with students, parents, other government agencies, and community groups.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
A 2-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
