Assistant Principal

2 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NSW Government Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year
Position Information

Tamworth South Public School is seeking a dedicated and inspiring Assistant Principal to join our leadership team. In this key role, you will drive the school's strategic goals in line with the Department of Education's priorities. 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 leadership skills, a deep understanding of explicit teaching practices, and expertise in literacy and numeracy development. The successful candidate will need to be passionate about supporting and developing capable staff 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.

Selection Criteria

In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary.

Describe your outstanding curriculum knowledge to maximise student learning outcomes as well as your exemplary classroom teaching practices and how you will share these talents to develop your team.

Demonstrated capability and expertise in strengthening a dynamic and inclusive school-wide approach to student wellbeing, empowering every teacher with affective scaffolds so that students thrive, grow, and experience a genuine sense of belonging.

Outline your leadership experiences in schools. Describe/outline the approaches have you used to lead teams, manage programs, and drive school improvement.

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

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.

Special Notes

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.


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