Assistant Principal Special Education

Belmont Public School is situated on Awabakal land on the eastern shores of Lake Macquarie. The school has 260 students, including 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, across 10 mainstream and 3 educational support classes. Our school delivers a high-quality education in a dynamic and caring educational environment. All students are offered a wide and varied range of educational opportunities and wellbeing programs to challenge, support, engage and nurture students in their learning and social emotional development.

Our dedicated staff team comprises both highly experienced and early career teachers who are committed to continual professional growth. There is a strong commitment to explicit teaching, data-informed practices, collaboration, reflection, and personalised learning to support every student's growth and achievement.

Belmont Public School prides itself on being warm, welcoming, and friendly, fostering a strong community spirit. Students and staff enjoy an attractive, well maintained physical environment with well-resourced learning spaces and large, open areas for sport and play. We are deeply committed to working closely with students, parents and carers, our P&C, the Belmont Community of Schools, Minimbah AECG, local preschools, external agencies, and the wider community in a culture of enrichment and opportunities that enhance learning experiences for all students.

In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with a diverse range of complex needs including autism, intellectual disabilities, trauma and mental health concerns with demonstrated ability to differentiate teaching and learning to meet individual student needs.
• High level communication skills and the ability to work as part of a dynamic leadership and school team to facilitate whole school practices, including strategic planning, leading and monitoring initiatives and applying evaluative practices to drive continuous improvement with a focus on equity.
• Proven ability to strengthen a dynamic and responsive school-wide approach to student inclusion, wellbeing, attendance and behaviour management processes enabling every student to connect, succeed, and thrive.
• Demonstrated ability to build staff capacity to meet the needs of students with disability through evidence-informed practices, incorporating student voice and fostering a culture of inclusion.

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.

All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites ). The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department's latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) 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.