Assistant Principal Mentor

**Position Information**:
Nowra East Public School is a Connected Communities school located on the South Coast of New South Wales. We work in partnership with our community to provide excellent teaching and learning opportunities within a nurturing and inclusive environment. We ensure that our 478 students, including 53% Aboriginal students, continually improve in cultural identity, wellbeing, literacy and numeracy outcomes. We have seventeen mainstream classes, six support classes and a NSW Department of Education preschool, which achieved an 'exceeding' rating by ACECQA in 2019. The school works closely with our three Aboriginal Educational Officers, Aboriginal community and the Nowra Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group to support cultural understanding and connection to Country.

At Nowra East Public School we are dedicated to providing excellence in education for all with a focus on literacy, numeracy and student engagement. All staff engage in ongoing professional learning using current evidence-based pedagogy. Students, families and staff collaboratively develop personal learning pathways for all students, providing adjustments for students with additional needs. Our Mia Mia Wellbeing Hub strengthens community partnerships and provides a service delivery reform model that promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting family health and wellbeing needs. Our commitment to quality education and authentic care ensures all students and their families feel welcome and thrive within our positive environment. For further information visit our school website.

The Assistant Principal Mentor will lead the support for early career permanent, temporary and casual teachers in Connected Communities schools. The Assistant Principal Mentor will support teachers to strengthen their practice through an explicit, structured program of professional development, coaching, classroom observation, demonstration, team teaching and individualised professional feedback. The Assistant Principal Mentor role will work closely with other executive to strengthen a positive performance and development culture across the school, aligned to the values of the Connected Communities strategy.

The Assistant Principal Mentor does not have an allocated teaching timetable, however will work directly in classrooms supporting other teachers for at least half the teaching load of an executive teacher.

While the Assistant Principal Mentor does not replace the supervisory function of existing executive, particularly in relation to teacher accreditation, they will play a key role in supporting teachers with accreditation requirements.

**Selection Criteria**:
In addition to the general selection criteria:

- Demonstrated deep knowledge and understanding of the value of culture, cultural identity and linguistic background regarding the education of students from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, with successful experience in delivering innovative strategies to create inclusive teaching and learning practices and opportunities that lead to high quality learning outcomes for Aboriginal students
- Demonstrated successful experience in supporting teaching colleagues, particularly early career teachers, to improve teaching practice and student outcomes.
- Demonstrated deep knowledge and understanding of the NESA requirements for accreditation at the level of Proficient Teacher, including for temporary and casual teachers;
- Demonstrated capacity to build professional relationships, deliver professional feedback and lead professional learning leading to improved teaching practice and student outcomes
- Deep knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Connected Communities Strategy and the NSW AECG/Department of Education Partnership Agreement ‘Walking Together Working Together’

**General Selection Criteria**:
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice

2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs

3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams

4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents

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

6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education policy

**Conditions**:
**Special Notes**:
**About the NSW Department of Education