Deputy Principal

2 months ago


Gold Coast, Australia Education Full time

About the School
Currumbin Community Special School supports learners across years Prep to Year 12 in the southern end of the Gold Coast. Our school has high expectations for student learning and staff engagement in the following areas:

- A culture with a strong belief that every student can learn when provided with a dynamic learning environment that supports the individual needs of all students.
- Comprehensive Literacy Instruction (CLI), Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) are signature pedagogies used to enact the Australian Curriculum.
- Intentional collaborative practices, data-based decision making and feedback are the foundation of our collegial engagement framework.
- Strong partnerships with families and the community are key to successful outcomes for all learners.

Our school vision is 'Working together, learning for life'. We value working cooperatively as a whole school community to support our students. We believe 'it takes a village to raise a child' and "a community to run a school" and everyone has an important role to play in supporting learning and development.
About the Role
The Deputy Principal will be passionate about driving a collaborative culture of learning and supporting middle leaders, teachers, and support staff to best meet the needs of our students, through CCSS's collegial engagement framework. They will work collaboratively with the Principal in leading staff to develop their knowledge and skills to drive school improvement, focusing on improving student outcomes. As a lead learner, they will need to have a strong relational capability to quickly develop positive relationships between students, staff and the wider school community. They will have well developed strategic thinking and analytical skills to contribute to our school improvement agenda with strong organisational skills. Experience as a Deputy Principal or curriculum leader is sought, with demonstrated experience in enacting the Australian Curriculum, and capability in leading people to enact the pedagogies of Comprehensive Literacy Instruction (CLI) and Positive Behaviour Support (PBL) as well as supporting the needs of students with complex communication through Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
As Deputy Principal, you will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:

- Assist the Principal to lead the school community to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Deputise for the Principal when required.
- Uphold the deputy principalship as a values based, ethical and moral activity.
- Embed socially just practices in daily school life.
- Set high standards for student and staff performance.
- Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
- Form partnerships with parents, other government agencies, community groups, industry and business.
- Be futures oriented and strategic.
- Understand the legislation and policies that impact on schooling.
- Manage resources to achieve goals.

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

**Interested? To apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
- Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities identified in the attached role description.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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