Head of Teaching & Learning (K-12)

Seeking a full-time Head of Teaching & Learning to serve as an integral part of the Wycliffe community…..

Wycliffe Christian School is a Preschool to Year 12 co-educational Christian school located in the beautiful lower Blue Mountains.  Together with Wycliffe Hope School, Wycliffe Christian School is an inclusive learning community in which families and their children are able to flourish as they make the most of their God-given talents and abilities.

We are looking for committed Christians of an evangelical persuasion who are active in their local church to join our staff team.  Applications are invited for the position of Head of Teaching & Learning at Wycliffe Christian School, commencing in January 2026, with the possibility of commencing earlier for interested candidates.

The Head of Teaching & Learning is an Executive Leadership position and plays an important role in the implementation of the mission and vision of the school as it relates to teaching practice and student learning.

Heartbeat Expectations

Under God, equipped and in full dependence on Him, members of the Leadership Team will endeavour to:

• Model a life lived out of confidence in God’s sovereign grace expressed and enacted in the Gospel.
• Seek to bring every thought, feeling and action captive to the person and teaching of Jesus as expressed in the Bible.
• Practise Shalom; be an agent of grace and a point of calm, compassionate steadiness when others are experiencing brokenness or distress.
• Develop Spirit-filled relationships, characterised by love and respect.
• Communicate in a timely and clear manner to facilitate community connection, collaboration and cooperation.
• Practise wise stewardship of time and energy, as well as merciful evaluation and reflection.
• Intentionally lead out of God’s generous provision of talents and passions.
• Be committed to honouring Christ as the centre of true learning and to living Christ’s story in the context of education and community.
• Engage in research-based professional learning to develop and evaluate, from a Christian worldview, learning programs that address the professional knowledge and practice of colleagues, and the educational outcomes of students.
• Strive to achieve policies and practices that honour God, the government and parents, and ensure that our students hear and experience the gospel of grace, redemption and renewal.

Role Description

The person serving in this role will:

• Live out Gospel-saturated leadership through service to students, families and staff.
• Provide strategic leadership which promotes and embeds high quality teaching and learning practices.
• Provide strategic leadership in developing and embedding Forming Engaged Learners policy and procedures.
• In collaboration with the Leadership Team, lead processes that embed a learning culture of high expectations for all students.
• In collaboration with the Leadership Team, provide leadership and oversight of all aspects of NESA teacher accreditation.
• Implement training and encouragement of staff which shapes their practice according to biblical wisdom, and which is intrinsically connected to a deep understanding of the distinctive nature of teaching, learning and curriculum development within a community seeking to be gospel-centred.
• Identify and implement the outworking of current teaching and learning theories and strategies.
• Provide leadership in the embedding of digital technologies effectively into pedagogical practice to enhance learning and teaching.
• In collaboration with the Heads of School, provide leadership of staff professional
  development.
• In collaboration with the Leadership Team, provide leadership of effective staff appraisal processes.
• In collaboration with the Leadership Team, support a culture that enables students to serve God, grow in faith and flourish within a K-12 school.
• In collaboration with the Leadership Team, support, encourage and create a learning community which honours and celebrates all students as image-bearers and valued members of the school community.
• Model a personal pedagogy that represents excellence within teaching and learning.
• Model a commitment to your own professional learning and reflective practices that are focused on refining pedagogy through engagement with current research.
• Model a personal pedagogy that demonstrates rich teaching practices and high expectations for student learning which caters for diverse student needs and fosters inclusive student learning environments.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with the Heads of School on the implementation of the Forming Engaged Learners policy and procedures.
• In partnership with teachers, regularly conduct classroom observations to assist staff with implementation of the Forming Engaged Learners policy and procedures.
• Within the framework of the Forming Engaged Learners policy and procedures, embed practices of data driven analysis, including NAPLAN and RAP, to assist in the development of teaching and learning strategies.
• In collaboration with the Heads of School, coordinate and implement the sequencing of professional learning for staff.
• Implement the school’s Teacher Accreditation processes including observations, reports and recommendations.
• Attend school events as appropriate.
• Meet with the Principal weekly.
• Participate in regular Leadership Team meetings.
• Meet with the Executive Leadership Team fortnightly.
• Carry a teaching load FTE of 0.2 – 0.4.

Remuneration

• Coordinator 3

To apply for this position, please download our Employment Application Form available on the Employment page of the Wycliffe Christian School website – www.wycliffe.nsw.edu.au.
Please submit the application to the school by email to [email protected]
For further information, please contact the school on 02 4753 6422. 

Applications close on Monday 12th May.