Assistant Principal - Granville Public School

Permanent full-time job at Granville Public School (Granville New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000ARYR
Closing date November 20, 2024 (AEST)
Location Lena St, Granville 2142 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Anne Davis
0296371083

About this job

Position Information

Granville Public School, located in Western Sydney, has a student enrolment of 650 including Preschool to Year 6, and 7 Special Education Support Unit Classes. The school culture is that of connectedness, inclusion, and belonging with students, staff, parents, and the wider community working together to promote growth and school excellence. Our school is supported by a strong and vibrant multi-cultural community. Our Arabic and Chinese Community Language Program supports students in maintaining and developing further communicative competence in their community language. 95% of our students have a language background other than English, and 99.6%, of these students require some level of EAL/D (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) support. Less than 1% of students identify as Aboriginal. Our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. Extra-curricular opportunities enable our students to excel through a range of different experiences.

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
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria:
Approval to teach K-6 and experience in balancing exemplary classroom practice and coordination of the complex leadership and management role of an Assistant Principal.
Strong instructional leadership to contribute to and oversee both stage and whole school, evidence-based teaching and learning programs (including explicit teaching) with a focus on shared professional growth, to positively impact on student learning outcomes.

Demonstrated ability to lead and contribute to whole school improvement initiatives which positively impact on student, teacher and community outcomes.

A visible leader with the ability to demonstrate strong emotional intelligence and outstanding interpersonal skills to initiate, build and strengthen positive partnerships with students, parents, staff and the wider community.

 

 
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 (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) 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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