
Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction
3 days ago
**Position Information**:
Barrack Heights Public School (est 1976) is located within the scenic coastal township of Shellharbour on the New South Wales South Coast Region. The current school population comprises approximately 190 students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Our proud public school fosters a sense of belonging for all in a supportive and inclusive community by nurturing the social success of each individual and maintaining a positive and empowering learning environment. Barrack Heights successfully caters for all our students, empowering them to realise their potential and strive for success. We pride ourselves on developing the whole child and catering for individual differences in all our mainstream and support unit classrooms.
Through embracing the philosophy of every child, every opportunity, Barrack Heights Public School students' educational experiences are further extended by enrichment opportunities in sport, music and culture, as well as targeted progressive learning programs for students with additional learning needs.
Our school caters for students from a vast range of backgrounds including 25% of student body identifying as having an Aboriginal background and 19% of students have English as a Second Language.
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**:
This is a permanent part time position for two days per week 0.4 FTE (Full Time Equivalent).
**Special Notes**:
Information about the Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction positions in the department is available here.
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