Head Teacher Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - Doonside Technology High School

Doonside Technology High School is a co-educational Years 7–12 inclusive high school with a strong focus on explicit teaching strategies and comprehensive wellbeing structures. 

In 2026, the school has 700 students. The student population is highly diverse: 18% identify as Aboriginal, and 29% come from a background where English is an additional language or dialect. The Support Unit provides for 74 students with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. The school proudly celebrates this diversity and ensures all students are actively included in every aspect of school life.

Wellbeing and student learning support remain central to the school's strategic directions. Programs such as the Berry Street Education Model, Life Education, RoSA@Work, the Learning Support Hub, and Wellbeing Hub have been recognised with Secretary and Minister's Awards, reflecting their positive impact on student engagement, wellbeing and retention. The school has recently been acknowledged for our work in Explicit Teaching through the CESE Illustration of Practice. Additionally, DTHS has been recognised as the most improved public school over the past decade, with the highest growth in average HSC results in NSW.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria, 

Extensive knowledge and experience in teaching PDHPE subjects, with a strong understanding of curriculum and assessment requirements.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated capacity to develop strong working relationships with students, staff and the broader school community.

Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive, high expectations learning environment that supports student engagement and wellbeing.

Demonstrated expertise in leading others to develop inclusive PDHPE teaching and learning programs that engage and challenge all students, including the effective provision of differentiated opportunities for the range of learners.

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.

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

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.