<p><strong>Director of Professional Practice - Year 7-12</strong><br><strong>Full-time, Permanent (1.0 FTE)</strong><br><strong>Start: ASAP</strong></p> <p><strong>Closing Date: 23 April 2025</strong><br> &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong>MLC&nbsp;School is&nbsp;looking for&nbsp;an innovative Director of Professional Practice (Yr7-12) who&nbsp;will&nbsp;support our vision to&nbsp;educate and inspire&nbsp;young women to be&nbsp;fearless thinkers&nbsp;with&nbsp;moral courage&nbsp;and&nbsp;compassion&nbsp;to be&nbsp;agents of change&nbsp;in their own lives and in the lives of&nbsp;others.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About MLC School</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Founded in 1886,&nbsp;MLC School is an independent, nonselective Uniting Church school for girls from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 in Sydney’s inner-west.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our tagline&nbsp;‘dare to be&nbsp;more’&nbsp;is not only&nbsp;our goal for our students,&nbsp;it&nbsp;applies equally to our staff.&nbsp; &nbsp;Our&nbsp;highly professional staff,&nbsp;under the guidance of&nbsp;Principal&nbsp;Ms Lisa Moloney,&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;girls and&nbsp;encourage&nbsp;them&nbsp;to question traditional&nbsp;perceptions&nbsp;and roles of women.&nbsp;&nbsp;The MLC School girl is at the heart of everything we do.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Who is the MLC School girl?</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>The&nbsp;MLC School girl is empowered with skills and capabilities that enable her to be adaptive,&nbsp;compassionate&nbsp;and courageous&nbsp;so she&nbsp;can&nbsp;confidently&nbsp;take her place in an ever-changing society.&nbsp;She embraces new challenges and opportunities; and strives for excellence. She is cared for and well supported so that she can confidently focus on her own individual, personal and academic growth. A wide selection of subject choices, as well as an extensive co-curricular program, aims to empower girls to be self-reliant and play an active role in their futures.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the position</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Director of Professional Practice will spearhead initiatives to develop and improve teaching practices, mentor early-career educators, and implement evidence-based professional learning programs for teaching staff that align MLC School’s mission and strategic vision.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Selection Criteria:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Proficient or Lead Teacher Accreditation (NSW)</li> <li>Experience in implementing professional practice in a school environment.</li> <li>Strong leadership and strategic planning skills.</li> <li>Post graduate qualifications in curriculum/pedagogy/educational management.</li> <li>Current NSW Working with children's check</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The successful candidate will be rewarded with&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;excellent&nbsp;benefits including:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Dedicated focus on professional growth and development</li> <li>CPR and First Aid Certification</li> <li>State of the art&nbsp;facilities and collegiate&nbsp;environment</li> <li>Employee Assistance Program available to you and your immediate family</li> <li>Salary packaging&nbsp;</li> <li>Discounted School Fees.</li> <li>Access to LSL after 5 years’ service&nbsp;</li> <li>Access to the School’s gym and indoor Aquatic Centre&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>How to apply:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>All applications are to be&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;via MLC School’s online Careers Portal and include:</p> <ul> <li>&nbsp;a&nbsp;cover letter addressing the vacancy being applied for</li> <li>&nbsp;a&nbsp;resume (including the names and contact details of three confidential referees); and</li> <li>a&nbsp;copy of your academic transcript</li> </ul> <p>Applications close on&nbsp;<strong>23 April 2025</strong><br><br><i>Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only&nbsp;and&nbsp;MLC School reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore,&nbsp;you are&nbsp;encouraged&nbsp;to&nbsp;submit&nbsp;your application as soon as possible.</i><br><br> We do not welcome interest from recruitment agencies&nbsp;at this time.</p>