Assistant Principal Special Education

Kingswood Park Public School, located in Western Sydney, serves 165 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 and includes 2 (soon to be 3) multi-categorical support classes. The Preschool runs 2.5 days a week, supporting two groups of 20 students, and is rated as exceeding National Quality Standards. The school community is diverse, with 50% of students identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 15% from English as an Additional Language backgrounds.

With a blend of experienced and early career teachers, the school values strong partnerships with staff, families, and community groups, including the AECG, Nepean Community and Neighbourhood Services, Uniting, LifeStart, and The Smith Family. There is a strong focus on explicit, differentiated teaching, particularly in literacy and numeracy, supported by targeted professional learning.

Kingswood Park embeds Aboriginal perspectives across all learning areas and promotes active student participation and leadership. Using data-driven practices and a culture of high expectations, the school continually monitors performance to meet strategic targets and supports diverse student needs, including high potential and gifted learners.

In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Demonstrated experience working with students across various disability categories within multi categorical support classes.
• Proven ability to lead and support inclusive educational practices that cater to diverse learning needs while collaborating with staff, families, and external agencies.
• Experience in designing and implementing behaviour management plans and positive behaviour support strategies tailored to individual student needs.

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.