Assistant Principal

Tamworth South Public School is seeking a dedicated and inspiring Assistant Principal Special Education to join our leadership team. Tamworth South has five special needs classes. They are an Early Intervention class, a senior Intellectual Moderate class, a senior Multicategory class, a Behaviour class and a junior Intellectual Moderate and Autism class. In this key role, you will drive the school's strategic goals in line with the Department of Education's priorities and Disability Standards for Education. Working closely with the Principal, staff, and the wider school community, you will help build a positive, inclusive, research-based and supportive school culture.

We are looking for an exemplary classroom teacher with strong collaborative leadership skills, a deep understanding of current best practices in special education and inclusive teaching strategies, an understanding of developmental disabilities, learning difficulties, and behavioural challenges and knowledge of relevant curriculum adaptations and assistive technologies.

The successful candidate will need to be passionate about supporting and developing capable staff in a happy productive working space and leading wellbeing and curriculum initiatives that promote continuous growth and excellent student outcomes.

If you are committed to educational excellence and eager to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

In addition to the general selection criteria:

1. Approval to teach Special Education and / or demonstrated successful experience teaching students in a support class with complex needs related to intellectual, physical, communication and mental health (including emotional disturbance, behaviour disorder, trauma) disabilities, autism and sensory processing

1. Capacity to develop and lead consistent, high quality transition and integration programs.

2. Knowledge and ability to develop consistent, dynamic, safe and visually engaging learning and play environments that are responsive to the diverse needs of all learners and promote student growth.

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

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

From 8 November 2021 all Department of Education employees undertaking relevant work, including any work conducted on a NSW school site, will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm full vaccination status prior to the Department of Education finalising the appointment of the candidate and entry on duty. Further information on the Department's COVID-19 response is available at

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.