Assistant Principal

Crown Street Public School, situated in the vibrant inner-city suburb of Surry Hills, Sydney, serves a diverse student body of 292. Our school culture emphasises connectedness, inclusion, and a strong sense of belonging, fostering collaboration among students, staff, families, and the wider community to promote academic achievement and excellence.

Our multicultural community enriches the learning environment, with 35 different languages spoken on-site. The Mandarin Chinese Community Language Program plays a vital role in helping students maintain and enhance their communicative skills in their community language. Notably, 55% of our students come from a language background other than English. A small number of students identify as Aboriginal, and our school community encompasses a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds.

We provide various extracurricular opportunities in STEM, focusing on coding and robotics, Information and Digital Technologies, Performing and Creative Arts, Sports and Physical Education, as well as Debating and Public Speaking.

Our commitment to inclusivity ensures that our team closely monitors the progress of all students, providing responsive support for all. Our school demonstrates a strong emphasis on wellbeing, with a range of programs and initiatives implemented across the school.

We are dedicated to positively influencing the lives of young learners and take pride in fostering close relationships with the local community, appreciating the important role that parents play in every aspect of school life.

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

1. Ability to lead and evaluate the implementation of evidence-based literacy and numeracy programs by using data-driven processes and high-quality differentiated teaching and learning to effectively address diverse student needs.

2. Demonstrated high level experience in providing differentiated support and mentorship for a diverse staff whilst balancing the dual role of classroom teacher and a member of the executive team to support the implementation of the School Excellence Plan (SEP).

3. Demonstrated success in building authentic connections and the ability to collaborate with students, staff, parents and the community to enhance wellbeing outcomes for all students.

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 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.