Teacher – Mathematics in Sydney

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a partially selective (in Dance, Music and Drama), co-educational comprehensive school located on Gadigal land, approximately 5 kilometres southwest of Sydney’s city centre.

The school has approximately 1,140 students, including 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.

It is strongly supported by an active and engaged Parents and Citizens Association and the broader community.

All members of the school community have high aspirations for success.

At Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, we recognise that creativity is essential to the human experience and integral to all learning.

Our goal is to inspire a lifelong love of learning.

Our core values of excellence, creativity and equity support students’ academic, creative and social potential.

Positive education wellbeing programs are embedded across each year group, and an extensive range of co-curricular activities supports student talent development.

For more information, including our School Excellence Plan and Annual Reports, please visit our school website: https://newtown-h. schools. nsw. gov. au/

• Approval to teach Mathematics (Years 7–10), Mathematics (Years 11–12) and Mathematics Extension 1 and 2.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022), including the Core–Paths structure, and the Mathematics Standard, Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2 11–12 syllabuses (2024), with the capacity to collaboratively develop and implement differentiated teaching and assessment, including purposeful use of technology, that supports and extends students across the full range of abilities.
• Demonstrated effective classroom management and strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, families and colleagues and contribute collaboratively to a mathematics faculty focused on student learning, engagement and wellbeing.

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people.

If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above.

For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

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