Teacher Science - Doonside Technology High School

Position Information

Doonside Technology High School is a comprehensive high school with a focus on the use of innovative and cutting edge learning to best engage our students. We have a diverse student population with an enrolment of 707 students in 2025, with 18% Aboriginal students. Our Support Unit caters for the needs of 74 students, including students in Stage 6. We focus on fostering a culture of high expectations and a shared commitment from all members of our school community to wellbeing, engagement, learning and success in and beyond school. We provide quality education that enables our students to develop attributes and skills to achieve their full potential and to succeed in their chosen post–school endeavours. Staff are highly professional and dedicated to working diligently to improve the learning opportunities and life options for students. We promote academic and vocational excellence, strong community links and provide a caring, secure and cooperative environment with a vast range of extra curricula programs to support student responsibility. The school attracts significant equity funding to support students with learning disabilities, socio-economic disadvantage and language acquisition. For further school information, refer to the School Plan and Annual Report available on the school's website.

Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Stage 4 & 5 Science, Stage 6 Chemistry and approval and/or willingness to teach Stage 6 Biology.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver effective and engaging lessons that support the learning of a broad range of abilities, to maximise student growth and promote high expectations for all students.
• Evidence of effective and supportive classroom management practices to encourage all students to engage with their learning.

Conditions

Special Notes

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.