Assistant Principal Inclusion and Support

The Assistant Principal Inclusion and Support is a strategic leadership role dedicated to inclusion, with a focus on facilitating improvement in the learning, wellbeing and independence of students with disabilities.

The Assistant Principal Inclusion and Support shares the broader educational imperatives of the Assistant Principal position but with the explicit focus of driving improved outcomes for students with disability, providing a leadership role in mentoring staff across the school to support students with disability and building collaborative relationships with families of students with disability.

Further to this, a demonstrated capacity to lead staff in implementing the Department's Aboriginal education policy and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal students through culturally responsive and inclusive educational practices will be imperative to this role at Gardeners Road Public School. Since 1883 Gardeners Road Public School has provided excellence in education to the students. The current enrolment is 400 students with approximately 59% from a non-English speaking background and 6% identifying as Aboriginal.

The roles are located in mainstream primary schools with seven or more support classes.

In addition to the general selection criteria:

• Demonstrated expertise and proven successful experience in supporting students with disability, which may include relevant qualifications in inclusion or special education.
• Demonstrated ability to promote research based impactful professional learning that ensures the continual development and growth of teacher expertise in learning and wellbeing growth for students with disability through evidence informed practice and high expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and analyse student data to develop differentiated practice and student improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to implement, monitor and make reasonable adjustments in collaboration with students, families, staff and allied health professionals to maximise learning and wellbeing outcomes for students with disability.
• Demonstrated ability to develop the capacity of colleagues' work with colleagues to plan, teach and evaluate for inclusion and equity.

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.

Applicants must include their WWCC clearance number.

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 adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, 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.