Teacher Careers - Oxley High School

Position Information

Oxley High School (1050 students; 22% Aboriginal students) is a dynamic comprehensive high school located in the regional centre of Tamworth. Tamworth is a progressive community, affordable housing, a growing population of 55,000 people and easy connection to Sydney and Brisbane. Oxley High School has a close connection to the community through academic, social, sporting and cultural achievements. It is renowned for producing students of national and international recognition in the Arts, Sport and Academia and high HSC achievement. Oxley High School offers a broad range of electives from Years 7-12 including Languages, Extension English, Mathematics, Drama, Dance, Visual Arts, Agriculture, Music, Gifted and Talented Sport and Theatre. A key feature of the school is the commitment of students, staff and community to an expansive curriculum including extra-curricular activities which allows students to achieve their personal best.

Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Careers or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in the Careers Advisor qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.

• Demonstrated capacity to support students, parents, and carers to pursue educational, workplace learning and employment opportunities.

• Ability to assist students identify their abilities, skills and interests through individualised support and whole school programs.

• Willingness to lead, organise and keep careful records of career education, programs, excursions, career funding, careers counselling, work experience and workplace learning

Conditions 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.

Special Notes If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Careers Advisor qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months 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.