Assistant Principal - Hebersham Public School

Permanent full-time job at Hebersham Public School (Hebersham, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000AE0P
Closing date November 6, 2024 (AEST)
Location Andover Cres, Hebersham 2770 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Betty Papandreou
9625 9133

About this job

Position Information

Hebersham Public School is in Western Sydney and has a student enrolment of 525. The school culture is that of connectedness, inclusion and belonging with students, staff, parents, and the wider community working together to promote school excellence. Positive Behaviour for Learning underpins the academic success, positive well-being and school engagement of all students encouraging them to be brave and follow the Pride Guide: be a learner, be respectful; be safe.

Hebersham Public School promotes an inclusive and diverse school community that delivers quality learning and teaching opportunities that are personalised, evidenced based and which build upon future focused pedagogies for students to become literate and numerate, successful, active, and informed citizens. Our students are active collaborators and integral contributors to school culture, where authentic relationships are valued by the school community. Hebersham Public School aims to nurture the development of responsible citizens through fostering innovative thinking, creative problem solving and global perspectives where all are valued, inspired, and motivated to reach their full potential.

Our school is supported by a strong and vibrant multi-cultural community. 50% of our students have a language background other than English and 279 require some level of EAL/D (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) support. 20% of students identify as Aboriginal. Our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. The schools Family Occupation and Education Index is 150.

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 policies
Specific Selection Criteria
1.In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary, with the demonstrated capacity to balance exemplary classroom practice and fulfil the complex leadership and management roles of an Assistant Principal. 

2. Demonstrated experience leading and implementing innovative, evidence-based teaching practices, data collection and analysis, and the ability to build capacity of diverse teams and individual teachers to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based literacy and numeracy programs resulting in student and whole school growth.

3. Proven ability to implement, manage and lead wellbeing practices and processes, resulting in engagement and a positive, inclusive culture across the whole school community.

4. Demonstrated capacity to build and sustain strong, interpersonal relationships with staff,  students, and families, and the community and evidence of successfully leading teams to work collaboratively on whole school initiatives to support the implementation of the school’s strategic directions.

5. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families and an ability to partner with staff and the wider community to support positive student outcomes.      

 
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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