Deputy Principal Primary K-6

**Position Information**:
Curl Curl North Public School is an inclusive and innovative school located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a student enrolment in 2024 of 712 students. The school culture strongly focuses on learning and providing enjoyable and challenging educational opportunities and experiences for all students, focusing on differentiation, data-driven pedagogy and strong community connections.
Approximately 23% of students have a language background other than English, and 7% require some level of EAL/D (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) support. The school has a small number of students who identify as having an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background.
The learning spaces at Curl Curl North Public School can be adapted to accommodate various learning modes and technologies, providing students with choice in where and how they learn, with teachers supporting more student-centric approaches to better prepare our learners for the future workforce.
The school is committed to continually improving classroom practice to ensure explicit, differentiated and responsive learning opportunities for all students. High-impact professional learning increases teacher capacity in data collection and analysis and will ensure that collective pedagogical practice is informed by research, thereby maximising student growth and achievement. Continued implementation of Visible Learning practices, emphasising explicit teaching, ensures that students understand what they are learning and what they need to do to improve.
The school refines and enhances the use of evidence-based co-teaching approaches to maximise student learning and engagement within our ILEs. High-impact professional learning increases teachers capacity to use student-centred learning approaches and learner agency, both of which contribute to increased student motivation, learning and engagement. These practices are further enhanced by formal coaching and/or mentoring opportunities for teachers to ensure ongoing development and improvement.
There is a focus on positive well-being and relationships. Systems and practices have been developed to promote positive behaviour for learning within our Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs). Practices that promote positive respectful relationships and value student voice are implemented in order to foster connectedness and feelings of belonging, both of which are essential for well-being.

**Selection Criteria**:
In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary;
- Demonstrated experience and impact of leading teaching and learning to create a positive culture of high expectations, ensuring effective, evidence-informed teaching practices that enable student improvement and achievement.
- A highly visible and approachable leader with exemplary interpersonal skills and the proven capacity to work collaboratively to form positive, productive relationships with staff, parents, community members and external agencies so that all students' educational and wellbeing outcomes are prioritised.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of the executive team to drive continuous improvement, professionally develop teachers and strategically lead the school towards excellence.

**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