Teacher - Legal Studies - Blacktown Boys High School

Blacktown Boys High School invites applications from enthusiastic and dedicated HSIE teachers to join our dynamic and collaborative faculty. The successful candidate must hold formal accreditation and approval to teach Stage 6 Legal Studies. They must also have approval and some experience teaching HSIE subjects across Years 7–10 (including History, Geography, and/or Commerce). A demonstrated willingness and capacity to teach Stage 6 Business Studies is also desirable.

Located in the Blacktown CBD, Blacktown Boys High School is a partially selective Years 7–12 boys’ school with approximately 918 students across selective, High Potential & Gifted Education (HPGE), mainstream, and Inclusive Education classes. Guided by our motto, “Learn to Live,” we focus on literacy, differentiated learning, wellbeing, and explicit teaching strategies to help every boy succeed. Our growing enrolments reflect a vibrant learning environment where students thrive.

Blacktown Boys High School invites applications from enthusiastic and dedicated HSIE teachers to join our dynamic and collaborative faculty. The successful candidate must hold formal accreditation and approval to teach Stage 6 Legal Studies. They must also have approval and some experience teaching HSIE subjects across Years 7–10 (including History, Geography, and/or Commerce). A demonstrated willingness and capacity to teach Stage 6 Business Studies is also desirable.

Located in the Blacktown CBD, Blacktown Boys High School is a partially selective Years 7–12 boys’ school with approximately 918 students across selective, High Potential & Gifted Education (HPGE), mainstream, and Inclusive Education classes. Guided by our motto, “Learn to Live,” we focus on literacy, differentiated learning, wellbeing, and explicit teaching strategies to help every boy succeed. Our growing enrolments reflect a vibrant learning environment where students thrive.

1. Formal accreditation and approval to teach Stage 6 Legal Studies, with a willingness and capacity to teach HSIE subjects across Years 7-10, including Geography, History, Commerce, and Stage 6 Business Studies.
2. Demonstrated capacity to engage students of varying abilities and learning needs, including high potential learners, EAL/D students, and those requiring additional support, through explicit teaching, formative assessment, and fostering a positive, high-expectations classroom culture.
3. Capacity to work collaboratively within the HSIE faculty to develop shared programs and assessments, and to contribute to whole-school priorities including literacy, wellbeing, and inclusive education.

1. Formal accreditation and approval to teach Stage 6 Legal Studies, with a willingness and capacity to teach HSIE subjects across Years 7-10, including Geography, History, Commerce, and Stage 6 Business Studies.
2. Demonstrated capacity to engage students of varying abilities and learning needs, including high potential learners, EAL/D students, and those requiring additional support, through explicit teaching, formative assessment, and fostering a positive, high-expectations classroom culture.
3. Capacity to work collaboratively within the HSIE faculty to develop shared programs and assessments, and to contribute to whole-school priorities including literacy, wellbeing, and inclusive education.

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.

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.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

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.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.