Warrawong Public School is located in the southern Wollongong suburb of Warrawong, in the heart of the industrial and business area. It is a low socio-economic and ethnically diverse area of the Illawarra with a Family Occupation Education Index (FOEI) 178.
Current enrolment is 275 students. Approximately 40% of the students have a non-English speaking background and there are over twentyeight nationalities represented among the student population. There are 51 students enrolled who identify as Aboriginal. There are eleven mainstream classes. The school has four support classes catering for students with a moderate intellectual disability, mild intellectual disability, Autism and those eligible for a multi categorical class. A Macedonian community language program operates. The school is an active member of the Warrawong Community of Schools which operates programs such as the school permaculture garden, transition from Stage 3 to Stage 4, High school links and Teacher Professional Learning programs.
Warrawong Public School receives additional equity funds through its Resource Allocation Model (RAM). This funding plays a pivotal role in the staffing and resourcing of the school to raise the learning outcomes and lift educational standards for all students so that they have the best chances and choices in life. The programs provide additional classroom teachers, support for all students, valuable teaching resources and teacher professional learning. The school is also part of the Early Action for Success Phase Two (EAfS) initiative. As an EAfS school we are provided with an Instructional Leader to ensure best practice and to monitor the performance of each student K-3. The school co-funds an interventionist teacher and a 3-6 Instructional Leader. In 2022 wie will be allocated 1.4FTE AP.C&I, the school will use its funding to ACIP that position to 2.0FTE.
In 2021 the school recieved funding for 2.0 FTE teaching Covid Intensive Learning Support Program. The school has employed two qualified teachers who will work with identified students in an intensive support role.
The Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction position is a leadership role dedicated to ensuring that literacy and numeracy knowledge and skills are embedded in curriculum and assessment; high quality teaching practices are enhanced; and the capabilities of middle leaders are strengthened in literacy and numeracy instruction. It shares the broader educational imperatives of the Assistant Principal position but with an explicit focus on the leadership of effective, evidence-based literacy and numeracy teaching and assessment practices for improved student learning outcomes across the curriculum.
The Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction provides high support and guidance to enhance teacher growth and development in literacy and numeracy and strengthens schoolwide instructional capabilities across the curriculum for middle and senior leaders.
Comments