Principal Level P2

**Position Information**:
Dulwich Hill Public School has an enrolment of 380 students and serves a culturally and socio-economically diverse community in the inner west of Sydney. The inclusive school community values and respects the languages and cultures of Australia's First Nations families and values the ethnicity, ability, gender identification, language and beliefs of all students and their families. On this foundation is built the expectation that every student has the right to equitably access educational opportunity.

The school is committed to providing explicit and differentiated learning for all students and quality professional learning for teachers. Within a responsive and nurturing environment, individual learning needs are identified and addressed. School programs challenge confident, creative and innovative individuals to become engaged learners, critical thinkers and problem solvers who value the cultures of a diverse community.

Dulwich Hill Public School is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school and holds respectful, responsible and safe behaviours key to productive and positive learning in all settings. Honesty, integrity and respect are highly valued in all interactions. Strengths and areas for improvement identified at the school, result in regularly reviewed teaching and learning programs which ensure high quality classroom delivery and appropriate differentiation for all students. Dedicated staff ensures that every student is known, valued and cared for and that strong positive relationships exist between teachers, students and parents.

Parents and carers are encouraged to work alongside staff, in positive and purposeful partnerships which facilitate the realisation of individual student social, emotional, physical and academic potential. A dedicated, caring and professional staff, an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and skilled parent/carer body and every highly valued, diverse and curious student ensure that Dulwich Hill Public School is a welcoming and vibrant place of learning.

**Selection Criteria**:
Approval to teach. In addition to the general selection criteria, a highly visible, consultative leader with outstanding communication skills, who has a demonstrated expertise in working strategically with the school executive, staff, students, parents and carers to broaden opportunities and strengthen relationships across the school community. Capacity to lead and maintain a collaborative culture that builds the capability of teachers and leaders maximising collective efficacy, focused on research based, high-quality teaching and learning. An outstanding leader who values and understands student wellbeing and is committed to ensuring every student is known, valued and cared for, engaging all students in their own learning and success. Proven capacity to implement whole school data collection and analysis practices that facilitate data informed differentiation and tracking of student growth.

**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:_

**About the NSW Department of Education