Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction

6 months ago


Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Teaching Service Full time

**Position Information**:
Casula Public School is located in South Western Sydney and has a student enrolment of 780, including 81% who have a background other than English and 29 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. There are 603 EAL/D students and over 50 languages (other than English) are spoken at home. The school has an Opportunity Class, with 30 students enrolled, consisting of 15 Year 5 and 15 Year 6 students.

The staff at Casula Public School are committed to maintaining a culture of high expectations throughout the school to challenge and engage students to fully develop their potential in relation to positive behaviour, motivation, self-esteem, attendance, and academic success. Our teachers and students continually strive to become skilled collaborators, communicators, critical and creative thinkers. At Casula Public School rich and engaging opportunities are provided for students to engage and excel in a variety of extracurricular activities. Positive Behaviour for Learning supports student wellbeing and promotes a safe and supportive school culture, where every child is known, valued, and cared for.

The Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction position is a leadership role dedicated to ensuring that literacy and numeracy knowledge and skills are embedded in curriculum and assessment; high quality teaching practices are enhanced; and the capabilities of middle leaders are strengthened in literacy and numeracy instruction. It shares the broader educational imperatives of the Assistant Principal position but with an explicit focus on the leadership of effective, evidence-based literacy and numeracy teaching and assessment practices for improved student learning outcomes across the curriculum.

The Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction provides high support and guidance to enhance teacher growth and development in literacy and numeracy and strengthens schoolwide instructional capabilities across the curriculum for middle and senior leaders.

**Selection Criteria**:
In addition to the general selection criteria;
- Implementation of evidence-informed literacy and numeracy practices to improve teaching, learning and assessment across the curriculum.
- Demonstrated ability to provide differentiated, high-impact professional learning that ensures the continual development and growth of teacher expertise in the teaching of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.
- Demonstrated ability to work with colleagues to plan, teach and evaluate the impact of evidence-informed teaching strategies for improved student outcomes in literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.
- Strategic skills to strengthen the capabilities of teachers and leaders to progress schoolwide literacy and numeracy priorities through effective collaboration.

**General Selection Criteria**:

- Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice.
- Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs.
- Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents.
- Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policies.

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
Information about the Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction positions in the department is available here.

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