Head of Department in Senior Schooling - Beenleigh State High School

An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated and dynamic educator to join the leadership team at Beenleigh State High School. If you are someone who can deliver the vision of our school, develop quality teaching and learning as well as create positive relationships between students, teachers and stakeholders, then we would love to hear from you!

About the School

Beenleigh State High School offers a dynamic, creative and supportive learning environment in which all students are encouraged, by committed staff, to pursue personal excellence in academic pursuits, citizenship, sport and the arts. Our extended educational community provides a caring and supportive environment, recognizing and rewarding individual and cooperative achievement. Our School values the motto 'We care, We are responsible, We achieve', across all settings, classrooms and school grounds. Beenleigh State High School furthermore has a proud record of academic achievement. We also have extremely successful acceleration programs in Mathematics, Science and English for our talented academic students.

About the Role

As the Head of Department - Senior Schooling/VET, you will:

• Lead the school department 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.
• Be futures oriented and strategic.
• Understand the legislation and policies that impact on schooling especially in relation to students and staff       within the school department.
• Manage the human, financial, facilities and curriculum resources of the school department to achieve goals.

The Head of Department is accountable to and under the direction of the Principal or delegate.

A mandatory requirement of this role is:

• Current full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration, as a teacher in Queensland. For more information please CLICK HERE.
• Teachers working in Education and Care Services (including State Delivered Kindergarten programs) require an exemption card issued by Blue Card Services. For more information please CLICK HERE.

Interested? To apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
• Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities identified in the attached role description.
• Please note: Engagement in this position is subject to the person fully satisfying the COVID-19 vaccination requirements outlined in the attached Candidate Information Fact Sheet 2022. Applicants are asked to submit evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination with their application.

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.