Principal Level P1

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**Position Information**:
Glenbrook Public School has an enrolment of 361 students. It is situated on the village side of Glenbrook; the gateway to the Blue Mountains.

Community employment include a range of occupations including business owners, qualified professionals and tradespeople. Many parents also commute each day to their work-place outside the Blue Mountains.

The school community has high expectations which are met by a strong focus on quality curricular and co-curricular education and programs that cater for all students providing challenge, success and engagement. The school performs above state average in areas of Literacy and Numeracy as measured by NAPLAN. Glenbrook Public School is host to an Opportunity Class with a new intake occurring every second year.

The school community reflects on current practice focusing on delivering professional learning activities to support improved program delivery in teaching and learning. Current and specific focus areas include; explicit teaching, high expectations, collaboration, differentiated learning, critical and creative thinking, which includes the implementation of the High Potential and Gifted Education Policy across the curriculum areas.

Through our situational analysis, we have identified the need for further development of the school's teaching models. A correlation between the What Works Best (WWB) document and the School Excellence Framework has identified differentiation in classroom practice, high expectations and utilising data to inform teaching, as focus areas for ongoing improvement.

The school has taken on board many initiatives to further enhance student achievement in literacy and numeracy. The Quality Teaching Coordinator position will continue to work with all teachers to optimise student achievement and teacher professional development.

These identified areas form the focus of our strategic improvement plan.

**Selection Criteria**:
In addition to the general selection criteria,
- A highly visible, inspiring leader with excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence to genuinely engage and build strong, authentic connections with students, staff and the broader community.
- Demonstrated experience to lead and drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, underpinned by research-informed pedagogy, data-driven practices and targeted professional learning to support curriculum reform, student engagement and high academic achievement.
- Proven ability to build upon and extend partnerships with parents/carers and the broader community to facilitate a culture of consultation, inclusion and authentic connections, within a vibrant and positive school.
- Evidence of effective implementation of strategies to support student and staff wellbeing; creating a collaborative, inclusive school environment that ensures all members have a sense of belonging, to connect, succeed and thrive.

**General Selection Criteria**:
1. High level educational leadership with the skills to lead and manage a complex public school focused on the delivery of high quality education

2. Ability to lead and manage rigorous and inclusive whole school teaching and learning programs

3. High level communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build positive relationships and engage all levels of the school and educational community

4. Ability to lead and manage the development and performance of staff to improve teaching and learning

5. Ability to plan systems and manage resources effectively and equitably to enhance teaching and learning

6. Capacity to lead staff in implementing the Department's Aboriginal education policies and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:

- Classification Structure for Principals:_

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