Head Of Pdhpe

Key leadership position overseeing PDHPE K - 1- Permanent position commencing 202- Recipient of Australian Education Awards - Excellence Award
Applications are warmly welcomed for the position, Head of PDHPE.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, collaborative, and inspiring leader who is committed to fostering a culture of excellence where students are empowered by grit and resilience to reach their potential and to flourish and lead meaningful lives.

As Head of PDHPE, you will be responsible for leading best practice in the PDHPE classroom across K - 12, ensuring high quality outcomes for teaching &
learning and professional development.

Since 1901, Ravenswood has embraced a strong tradition of educational excellence - developing young women of purpose who are empowered and inspired by the highest quality of teaching and learning experiences.

Ravenswood is the first school in New South Wales to adopt a Visible Wellbeing approach in the field of Positive Education.

We are committed to helping staff and students establish optimistic habits of the mind that are helpful in propelling them forward in learning and development, promoting wellbeing and resilience within an educational setting.

Working within a team of highly skilled and dedicated educators, this role provides an exceptional opportunity for further educational leadership.

The Head of PDHPE has the overall responsibility for:

• The leadership of all aspects of the PDHPE department from K 12 including Culture, Curriculum, Staff, Students &
  Resources
• Promoting Ravenswood's Mission for excellence in education for girls and the realisation of each child's potential, providing a balanced curriculum encompassing spiritual, academic, cultural, physical and practical areas of learning.
• Active support of the ethos of the school as well as involvement in the wider school community, including participation in cocurricular activities

As the Head of PDHPE you will have the capacity to maintain, develop and promote a climate of excellence in student academic performance across K - 12.

Providing educational leadership for the PDHPE Department through active collaboration &
consultation, you will work closely with teachers and leaders to develop and articulate a clear vision for the department in line with the goals and visions of the school.

To be successful, you will possess:

• Significant successful experience teaching PDHPE within a K
• 12 context
• A proven capacity to lead an engaged team of PDHPE Teachers to deliver a clear vision for the department
• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate academic programs for NSW and IB Curriculum from Years K 1
• Commitment to professional learning and developing teaching practice &
  leadership capabilitiesthrough inservices, active membership of professional associations, formal study &
  sharing of resources and expertise
• Continuing interest in personal professional learning, keeping uptodate with educational research and best practice, especially in relation to Health &
  Physical Education
• Eagerness to be involved within the wider school community, including participation in cocurricular activities
• Willingness to work within, and support the Ethos of the Uniting Church

Experience and Qualifications:

• Appropriate qualifications / eligibility to teach in NSW and meet all NESA requirements and Standards.
• Maintain a valid NSW Working with Children Check.

Commencing Term 1, 2024, the Head of PDHPE is a permanent position and reports to the
Deputy Principal:

Teaching &
Learning.
Application process:
Applications will be received until 5pm Friday 21st July 2023. Ravenswood reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

• Covering letter (1 page)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Responses to selection criteria (no more than 2 pages)
• Copy of all qualifications including Academic Transcripts, Working with Children Check and NESA registration (or equivalent).

Ravenswood is a Uniting Church School and all employees must be willing to work within, and support the Ethos of the Uniting Church.

The Ravenswood Guiding Principles of Excellence, Respect, Courage, Compassion and Optimism help guide the behaviours and relationships within the workplace and form the basis of workplace performance expectations.

Ravenswood School for Girls is dedicated to maintaining a child safe environment and is committed to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children.