Position Information Cheltenham Girls’ High School with an enrolment of 1400 students, including 69% students from a non-English speaking background, is a leading comprehensive girls' school with strong traditions. The school is committed to providing all students with opportunities to achieve excellence in all areas of student achievement. The school has dedicated and highly experienced staff, and articulate and involved parents. School strategic directions include strengthening the partnership between the school and the community, supporting curriculum differentiation for all students across all key learning areas, and supporting the delivery of quality teaching in every classroom. The classroom teacher will work with a dedicated faculty team to plan and deliver highly effective teaching and learning programs. They will participate in and contribute to, whole school professional learning to support continuous improvement in student growth and performance. Selection Criteria Approval to teach English 7-12 with the capacity to teach all compulsory Senior English courses. Approval to teach English Extension 1 and 2 and willingness to teach junior Drama. Demonstrated capacity to collaborate within a dynamic English faculty to develop quality teaching and learning programs, lessons and resources utilising technology, for Stage 4, 5 and 6 English courses . Demonstrated ability to incorporate effective feedback and assessment strategies to inform teaching practice and support student growth . Demonstrated ability to contribute to faculty and whole school initiatives such as literacy programs and debating and public speaking programs. 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 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 ( dandidet.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 .