Principal Level P1

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**Position Information**:
Yudi Gunyi School caters for students from 10-17 years of age who need additional support with a range of behaviour and mental health needs. The supports equip them and their referring school with skills and strategies to experience success in a mainstream school, or post school environment. The Metropolitan Lands Council and local elder have been a mainstay of our school since inception in 2003.

Yudi Gunyi School has capacity for 42 students, with current enrolment of 35 students. Approximately 57% of the current cohort identify as Aboriginal.

The school, in collaboration with NSW Health and Allied Health has developed a new model of care, creating a set of universal teaching skills, collegial support channels and clinical services to improve outcomes for children, and their families. The scope of services and support use an agreed common-language to collaborate, is trauma-informed and grounded in the principles of neuroscience.

At Yudi Gunyi School, the team including specialists who collaborate to develop a wraparound approach to curriculum and wellbeing that is innovative and integrative.

On its grounds, the school also hosts a Supported Return to School Program for students to participate in for up to 2 weeks, while suspended from their mainstream school.

**Selection Criteria**:
Approval to teach. In addition to the general selection criteria,

Proven ability to provide high level instructional leadership in meeting curriculum requirements and learning experiences, to drive the growth and achievement of every student in a multi-stage setting with a strong focus on individualised learning, including High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE).

Demonstrated knowledge and commitment to the NSW plan for public education and the ability to embed its priorities at Yudi Gunyi School to advance equitable outcomes, opportunities and experiences for staff and students.
- Expertise and commitment to trauma informed practice and deep cultural understandings that address intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.

High level collaboration with other agencies to complement the school’s wraparound model and educational programs, highlighting the school’s pedagogies and relevant theories of practice.

Highly developed negotiation skills that support students’ transition to mainstream settings and pathways beyond schooling, through a clear vision for the school where evidence-based programs and practices underpin the school’s Strategic Improvement Plan.

**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 policy and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people

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

- Classification Structure for Principals:_

The principal classification for this school is Principal Level P1 for 2024 and 2025.

The Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2017 outlines the principal classification framework introduced in 2016, which is structured according to the complexity of schools.

Please refer to the information regarding the Classification Structure for Principals.

The classification and renumeration for principals is determined by the complexity of the school, as indicated by each school’s RAM allocation. As part of the continual implementation of this framework, a yearly review of thresholds and outcomes will take place

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